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3 unusual facts about Passchendaele


Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum

In 2008, the Australian Department of Veterans Affairs wants to upgrade seven sites showing the Australian forces during the First World War (Ypres and Passchendaele in Belgium; Fromelles, Bullecourt, Mont-Saint-Quentin, Pozières and Villers-Bretonneux).

Passchendaele

First Battle of Passchendaele, a constituent battle of the Battle of Passchendaele

Second Battle of Passchendaele, a constituent battle of the Battle of Passchendaele


10th Battalion, CEF

The 10th Battalion is depicted in two major films, Legends of the Fall, and Passchendaele.

Alec Beechman

He became a Captain in 1917 and received nine wounds in fifteen minutes at Passchendaele.

Archibald Walter Buckle

He was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant Commander in March 1917 and served at the Battle of Arras in April 1917 and then in Belgium in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) in late 1917.

Bill Lundie

Eric Balfour 'Bill' Lundie (born 15 March 1888 in Willowvale, Cape Province, died 12 September 1917 in Passchendaele, Belgium) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1914

Mary Hannay Foott

Foott's younger son was killed in action at Passchendaele in September 1917, and she was survived by her other son, Brigadier-General Cecil Henry Foott, C.B., C.M.G., who was born on 16 January 1876, educated as an engineer, and serving with distinction through the great war was six times mentioned in dispatches.

Prince Franz of Bavaria

Prince Franz led this brigade through its victories at Fort Douaumont, Passchendaele and Kemmelberg.


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