10 November 2017

Remember Canadian War Dead: 10 November

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial records the deaths of 636 members of the Canadian Forces on 10 November.

428 died in 1917; their names are here;

406 died in Belgium during the final stages of the Third Battle of Ypres (Second Battle of Passchendaele);
384 were serving with the Infantry;
301 with no known grave are commemorated at the Menin Gate at Ypres;
131 were serving with the 7th Battalion, the most of any unit.

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