One hundred years ago today the battle of Passchendaele began. More than 6,000 men died on the first day of the bloody battled that raged for 100 days. Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of ...

Lesley Barron Kerr has long wondered what became of the Victoria Cross her great-grandfather, Colin Barron, received for heroism at the Battle of Passchendaele — until she found it on the auction ...

This series commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele and Canada's role in the First World War and its enduring legacy. The battlefield at Passchendaele was a sea of mud, ...

John Roy Page, 33 of Takaka who died on 12 October 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele in WW1. Photo: Not-For-Syndication Aged between 20 and 45, these men had been farmers, labourers, shop keepers, ...

"The more I think of our assault the more wonderful it appears, we were given almost the impossible to do and did it." These lines, written by Lt. Col. Agar Adamson to his wife Mabel on Nov. 8, 1917, ...

FORMER soldiers were among those to remember the fallen of the Battle of Passchendaele a century ago, one of the bloodiest chapters of the First World War. St Helen's Church in Fish Street, Worcester ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Canberra: In a hellish landscape of shattered trees, mud, shell explosions and machine-gun fire, soldiers died by the score; blown to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Experts believe 100,000 soldiers remain unaccounted for in Passchendaele, Belgium, 90 years after one of World War I's bloodiest battles ...