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

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    August 23, 2022

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    ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐๐ž๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ. ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ค๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•.

    ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ 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.
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    Crest Farm - The Passchendaele Canadian Memorial

    End of a frenzied offensiveโ€ฆ
    The Canadian Crest Memorial is located on the highest peak of the ridge around Ypres with a beautiful โ€ฆ
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    July 8, 2023

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    Monument commemorating the Third Battle of Ypres, in which Passchendaele was captured from the Germans after 100 days and major losses. In the final phase, the Australian and New Zealand โ€ฆ
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