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.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 15, 2022

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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 …

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DirkWi

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 …

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