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Passchendaele

a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
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One of his works is displayed in the Great War museum which focuses on the bloody Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
FAMED POET Ellis Evans died at Passchendaele > Hedd Wyn died at Passchendaele The work of 14-18 NOW is made possible thanks to funding raised by National Lottery players
Bilton, a retired teacher, lecturer, and author who researches World War I, provides b&w photos and illustrations, along with description, showing the civilian experience on the home front during World War I, from Arras to Passchendaele in 1917, focusing on the home front in Britain, with some French, German, and international comparisons.
Many of the young men who fought at Passchendaele enlisted in 1914 in response to Lord Kitchener's famous recruitment poster.
He performed similar heroics in the early stages of the offensive at Passchendaele in August, 1917, to gain a second VC and become the most highly decorated British officer of the First World War.
CONGRATULATIONS to the BBC for their coverage of the commemorations to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele from Flanders in Belgium.
At that ceremony, the Prince of Wales spoke of the "courage and bravery" of British soldiers killed at Passchendaele, exactly 100 years after thousands of British and Commonwealth troops went "over the top".
The other is Passchendaele, which began 100 years ago yesterday.
A TEENAGER was among the men from Teesside who lost their lives on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele.
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May greets Prince William and Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge as she arrives at Tyne Cot cemetery for commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the battle of Passchendaele near Ypres in Belgium, yesterday.
The hellish battle of Passchendaele in 1917 saw an estimated 325,000 Allied and between 260,000 and 400,000 German casualties either dead, wounded or missing in 103 days of heavy fighting that moved the front line by just eight kilometres.
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