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Passchendaele Museum

August 23, 2022

𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦. 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐣 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟕.

𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 comes from Glasgow, Scotland. As a child, he emigrated with his family to Western Canada. In 1916, one month before his 18th birthday, David enlisted for military service. He then works in a bank branch in Vancouver.

On October 30, 1917, his unit, the 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, stormed Crest Farm. The German stronghold is slightly higher than Passchendaele and is protected by a swamp. Machine guns guard the access roads.

After a fierce battle, the weary defenders of Crest Farm give up. The German artillery quickly takes revenge. Barrage comes down to the Seaforths with great precision.

The 72nd suffers more than 270 casualties: 50 dead and 220 wounded. To date, 43 Seaforths remain missing. We were able to give ten of them a place in the landscape. 19-year-old David is one of them. The young Scottish emigrant was buried near Crest Farm.

Near the monument, two more Canadians were buried. James Abercromby, 21, also from Glasgow, was lying there with 23-year-old stenographer Cecil Lancaster Spence.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 15, 2022

Crest Farm - The Passchendaele Canadian Memorial

End of a frenzied offensive…

The Canadian Crest Memorial is located on the highest peak of the ridge around Ypres with a beautiful view of Passchendaele church. The memorial park exudes serenity. At the end of Canadalaan is a small heroic arch “The Canada Gate” in memory of those who took part in the frenzied offensive – the 3rd Battle of Passchendaele. The offensive ended at this location on November 10, 1917. After 100 days of fighting, more than 240,000 soldiers were killed on the Allied side. More than 220,000 soldiers were killed on the German side. A high toll for only 8 km of terrain gain.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 15, 2022

The Passchendaele Canadian Memorial - Crest Farm, marks the site where the men of the Canadian Corps, commanded by General Arthur Currie, finally entered the high ground at Crest Farm after heavy fighting in the Second Battle of Passchendaele between October 26 and November 10, 1917. possession names. Corps consisted of the Canadian 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Divisions. The cost in casualties of the eventual victory at the end of the battle was very high, with about 4,000 people killed, 7,700 people injured and over 1,000 people gassed but not mortally injured.

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Location: Zonnebeke, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

Passchendaele Canadian Memorial – Crest Farm

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2. Passchendaele Memorial Gardens – Tyne Cot Cemetery loop from Passchendaele

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