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Passchendaele 26 October - 10 November, 1917
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Remembering Passchendaele - 100 years ago - 26 October - 10 November, 1917
Early in October 1917, the Canadians were sent to Belgium to relieve the battered ANZAC forces and take part in the final push to capture Passchendaele. Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie inspected the terrain and was shocked at the conditions he saw. He tried to avoid having his men fight there but was overruled by his superiors. As at Vimy, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps would see action. However, the ubiquitous mud, flat terrain, and relative lack of preparation time and artillery support would make Passchendaele a far different battlefield than the one the Canadians had encountered at Vimy Ridge.
Currie took as much time as he could to carefully prepare and on October 26, the Canadian offensive began. Advancing through the mud and enemy fire was slow and there were heavy losses but our soldiers clawed their way forward. On an exposed battlefield like that one, success was often only made possible due to acts of great individual heroism to get past spots of particularly stiff enemy resistance. Despite the adversity, the Canadians reached the outskirts of Passchendaele by the end of a second attack on October 30 during a driving rainstorm.
On November 6, the Canadians and British launched the assault to capture the ruined village of Passchendaele itself. In heavy fighting, the attack went according to plan. The task of actually capturing the “infamous” village fell to the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion and they took it that day. After weathering fierce enemy counterattacks, the last phase of the battle saw the Canadians attack on November 10 and clear the Germans from the eastern edge of Passchendaele Ridge before the campaign finally ground to a halt. Canadian soldiers had succeeded in the face of almost unbelievable challenges.
Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada
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3902 Canadians soldiers fell at Passchendaele.
Private DAVIS, WILLIAM HAROLD, W H 10 November 1917 Private DAVISON, JAMES, J 31 October 1917 Gunner DAVY, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 6 November 1917 Private DAW, ALFRED, A 10 November 1917 Private DAWSON, EDWARD WALTER, E W 7 November 1917 Private DAWSON, HERBERT ARTHUR, H A 10 November 1917 Corporal DAY, GEORGE FREDERICK, G F 31 October 1917 Private DAY, PERCIVAL CHARLES RICHARD, P C R 26 October 1917 Private DE COLE, CHARLES FRANCOIS, C F 6 November 1917 Private DE JERSEY, JOHN HENRY, J H 9 November 1917 Private DE MERCHANT, HOWARD, H 6 November 1917 Private DEAN, ARNOLD, A 28 October 1917 Lance Corporal DEAN, LEVI STANLEY, L S 6 November 1917 Lieutenant DEANS, JOHN HAROLD, J H 8 November 1917 Private DECOTEAU, ALEXANDER, A 30 October 1917 Private DELION, HARRY CONRAD AUGUST, H C A 6 November 1917 Private DELLAPINNA, WILLIAM ROBERT, W R 30 October 1917 Corporal DEMERS, JOSEPH FIDELE, J F 3 November 1917 Private DENIS, GORDON, G 30 October 1917 Private DENNIS, JOHN HAROLD, J H 30 October 1917 Private DENT, ALFRED, A 10 November 1917 Lieutenant DENT, JAMES HARRISON, J H 6 November 1917 Private DERKATSCE, ZINOVIY, Z 10 November 1917 Private DESALES, FRANK, F 30 October 1917 Private DESANTOS, JOHN, J 6 November 1917 Private DESJARDIN, AZARI, A 7 November 1917 Private DESLAURIERS, LEO, L 9 November 1917 Private DESROCHES, HERMAN, H 27 October 1917 Private DESROSIERS, ARMAND, A 9 November 1917 Private DEVINE, JOHN WILLIAM, J W 30 October 1917 Private DEVINE, LAUCHLIN, L 26 October 1917 Private DEVLIN, HENRY JAMES, H J 26 October 1917 Sapper DEVLIN, JOHN, J 3 November 1917 Private DEWHURST, LANCELOT, L 8 November 1917 Private DEWITT, SILAS, S 31 October 1917 Private DEWLAND, FREDERICK, F 6 November 1917 Private DIBDEN, FRED WILLIAM, F W 6 November 1917 Private DICK, CHRISTIAN FRASER, C F 30 October 1917 Sergeant DICK, DAVID, D 4 November 1917 Sergeant DICKENS, CHARLES, C E 10 November 1917 Private DICKIE, EARLE FULTON, E F 6 November 1917 Private DICKIE, GORDON, G 6 November 1917 Private DICKIE, WILLIAM, W 30 October 1917 Private DICKINSON, GUY RICHARD WORSTENHOLME, G R W 6 November 1917 Private DICKSON, CHARLES MUIR, C M 7 November 1917 Private DICKSON, EDWARD, E 5 November 1917 Private DICKSON, ELIJAH, E 10 November 1917 Corporal DILL, STEWART, S 29 October 1917 Private DILLON, REGINALD JAMES, R J 26 October 1917 Private DIMOCK, FRANK PRICE, F P 30 October 1917 Private DISTIN, JOHN WILLIAM, J W 8 November 1917 Private DITCH, OSMOND HENRY, O H 2 November 1917 Private DIXON, CHRISTOPHER CECIL, C C 6 November 1917 Private DIXON, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Private DIXON, JOHN THOMAS, J T 30 October 1917 Private DIXON, SAMUEL JAMES, S J 30 October 1917 Sergeant DIXON, WILLIAM ERNEST, W E 10 November 1917 Lieutenant DOAK, JOHNSTONE FREEMAN, J F 6 November 1917 Private DOAK, WILLIAM GEORGE, W G 26 October 1917 Private DOBRY, LOUIS ANTHONY, L A 30 October 1917 Private DOBSON, LUTHER, L 30 October 1917 Private DODD, WILFRED, W 6 November 1917 Private DODDS, WILLIAM ALLAN, W A 26 October 1917 Private DODDS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, W F 6 November 1917 Private DODSWORTH, GEORGE, G 6 November 1917 Private DOHERTY, JOHN, J 7 November 1917 Corporal DOHERTY, JOSEPH, J 7 November 1917 Private DOIRON, CORNELIUS, C 6 November 1917 Private DOLAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J 30 October 1917 Private DOMINEY, WILLIAM JOHN, W J 3 November 1917 Private DONAGHY, WILLIAM EDWARD, W E 29 October 1917 Private DONALD, EDGAR, E 9 November 1917 Lance Serjeant DONALDSON, DAVID, D 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal DONALDSON, DAVID, D 10 November 1917 Private DONALDSON, ROBERT JOHN, R J 10 November 1917 Private DONE, THOMAS, T 6 November 1917 Private DONER, ALEXANDER LOBBAN, A L 6 November 1917 Sergeant DONEY, HENRY, H 30 October 1917 Private DONNELLY, MARTIN, M 2 November 1917 Private DONNELLY, WALTER, W 30 October 1917 Private DORAN, WALTER SAMUEL, W S 1 November 1917 Corporal DORET, THOMAS EVERETT, T E 30 October 1917 Sergeant DOREY, EDWIN WALTER, E W 30 October 1917 Private DOUCETTE, SIMON, S 30 October 1917 Private DOUGHERTY, ALBERT ROSS, A R 10 November 1917 Private DOUGHERTY, JAMES, J 26 October 1917 Private DOUGHERTY, LELAND HILBERT, L H 31 October 1917 Private DOUGHTY, CARL JAMES, C J 9 November 1917 Private DOUGLAS, JAMES, J 6 November 1917 Gunner DOUGLAS, ROBERT, R 3 November 1917 Private DOUGLAS, WILLIAM WILSON, W W 26 October 1917 Private DOUVILLE, CHARLES GEORGE, C G 3 November 1917 Lieutenant DOW, ROBERT JOHN GUNN, R J G 30 October 1917 Private DOW, WILLIAM ASA, W A 6 November 1917 Driver DOWDALL, HERBERT, H 9 November 1917 Private DOWDING, ALBERT WOOD, A W 6 November 1917 Lance Corporal DOWNEY, RICHARD CAMERON, R C 26 October 1917 Sergeant DOWNIE, JOHN HARDY, J H 26 October 1917 Gunner DOWNING, WILLMOTT ALONBY LENG, W A L 8 November 1917 Corporal DOWNS, JAMES, J 30 October 1917 Private DOWSETT, FRANK ROYSTON, F R 30 October 1917 Private DOYLE, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J 6 November 1917 Sergeant DOYLE, WILFRED LAURIER, W L 6 November 1917 Private DRAKE, REGINALD EZRA, R E 6 November 1917 Private DRAKULIS, GEORGE, G 9 November 1917 Lance Sergeant DRENNAN, MAXWELL, M 10 November 1917 Private DREVER, ALFRED, A 10 November 1917 Private DREW, HAROLD, H 27 October 1917 Private DRUMMOND, WILLIAM, W 27 October 1917 Gunner DRUMMOND, WILLIAM HENRY, W H 6 November 1917 Private DRYDEN, JAMES MITCHELL, J M 30 October 1917 Private DUBEY, ALDE, A 26 October 1917 Private DUCKWORTH, JOHN, J 10 November 1917 Private DUDLEY, ALBERT, A 26 October 1917 Private DUFF, ANDREW JOHN, A J 30 October 1917 Private DUFF, WILLIAM SELKIRK, W S 8 November 1917 Private DUFFY, CHARLES, C 6 November 1917 Private DUGGAN, HERBERT WILLIAM, H W 3 November 1917 Major DUGGAN, KENNETH LOCKE, K L 30 October 1917 Private DUGUID, GEORGE DAVIE, G D 31 October 1917
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