Passchendaele

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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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When the 3rd Battle of Ypres (or Passchendaele) began on 31st July at Pilckem Ridge the battalion moved out, following the assaulting battalions.
Familiy lived in Market Street and then Dead Lane; Killed in action and his brother died later
A nother majestic dragon it stands at Pilkem Ridge where the Welsh acquitted themselves well in the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
'It's heartbreaking to see the ages of so many of the men who died on the battlefields' As a member of the 130th (St John) Field Ambulance Research Group Stephen Lyons travelled to France and Flanders visiting 19 cemeteries, two memorials, the two Welsh Dragon memorials as well as walking through Mametz Wood. Here is his account of the touching and poignant things he saw..
As a result of the horrendous casualties suffered, and no doubt by the Commander in Chief's unflattering remarks, the 38th (Welsh) Division did not see further action until the 3rd Battle of Ypres, known as the battle of Passchendale, on July 31, 1917.
The battle for Mametz Wood; Views of Wales
Private Jimmy Edmonds died as a teenager in 1916 in Northern France on the battlefield and Private Thomas Henry Watts, of the Gloucestershire Regiment, died in the 3rd Battle of Ypres in October, 1917, aged 19.
60 YEARS A BUGLER AT THE MENIN GATE; At the place where terrible battles claimed many lives, Antoine Verschoot proudly plays the Last Post every day to honour the war dead. JUSTINE HALIFAX reports
The 90-year-old document refers to James McPartland, a South Bank man killed during the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917.
In honour of a very gentle man
The 3rd Battle of Ypres had been raging for two months and the ground was full of water-logged shell holes, which had to be negotiated over duckboards.
Walter Gould
They provided support at the battle of Mametz Wood on the Somme in July 1916, and at Pilkem Ridge during the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917.
'They carried the wounded over the battlefields - they did incredible work'
The war diary for July 1917 has been lost, but the Brigade is known to have taken part in the Battle of Pilckem Ridge from 31st July - 2nd August, the opening attack of the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
George, aged 26, had been married for just six weeks

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