Tag: village of Passchendaele

• Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 12:55 UTC

  Century anniversary of the Third Battle of Ypres, remembered for the scale of casualties

  

  Next 31 July 2017 will mark a century since the beginning of the Third Battle of Ypres – widely known as Passchendaele. The UK Government, in collaboration with the Belgian Government, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and the Royal British Legion is hosting a series of events to mark one of the defining battles of the First World War.