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The New Zealanders at Polderhoek Chateau : November 1917
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The Third Battle of Ypres officially ended on 10 November 1917, but this did not mean fighting in Flanders stopped. Although at the end of the battle the high ground of the Passchendaele ridge was taken by Canadian troops, the front was still active. Only three weeks after the capture of the ridge, the highly regarded New Zealand Division was to be…
7 January 1918: 42860 Rmn Walter Leeming
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A farmer's son and the youngest of five, by the age of 14 at the 1911 Census, Walter was working on the farm with his siblings. Walter was killed in action whilst on a patrol in the Zonnebeke sector. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial to the missing. 42860 Rmn Walter Leeming, 1/8th West Yorkshire Regiment (…
19 November 1917 : Sgt James William Blake
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Of 1 King Street, Burnley, James enlisted into the 5th Bn East Lancs (Regtl. Number 2991) on 15 October 1914. A book-keeper by trade, he was also associated with the town's theatrical businesses on a part-time basis. After volunteering for active duty, he proceeded overseas in March 1915, serving in Egypt and Gallipoli with the 1/5th battalion be…