Today is the 103rd anniversary of the first day of 3rd Ypres - better known as Passchendaele. Much like other battles of the FWW, it was not just one days worth of fighting and continued for 3.5 months and is believed to have caused around half a million casualties. (1/3)
Much like my thread of casualties killed during the Battle of the Somme from my town, I have decided to do a thread for those killed during 3rd Ypres. The threads are my way of remembering these men's names, as they may not have been published in this way before. (2/3)
For this thread, I start with the man who was killed on the first day of the offensive:

Pte William Henry Taylor - 20 years old - 1st Bn Worcestershire Regiment - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (3/3)
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Continuing with the thread, today I will be commemorating 2 men killed on this day:

Pte Isaac Walter Parkes - 23 years old - 246th Coy Machine Gun Corps - Menin Gate Memorial

Pte John Horn - 30 years old - 45th Coy Machine Gun Corps - Menin Gate Memorial #WW1 #GWG
Continuing with my thread commemorating the men killed from my town during 3rd Ypres. One killed on this day:

Pte Joseph Roberts - 35 years old - 1st/5th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Menin Gate Memorial #WW1 #GWG
Fighting continues throughout August and so do the deaths. There is one death from my town on this day during 3rd Ypres:

Pte A Wild - 26 years old - 62nd Field Ambulance RAMC - Bard Cottage Cemetery #WW1 #GWG
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