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Passendale in West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium — Northwestern Europe
 

Passchendaele Monument

 
 
Passchendaele Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 12, 2024
1. Passchendaele Monument Marker
Inscription.  
The Canadian Corps in Oct.- Nov. 1917 advanced across this valley - then a treacherous morass -captured and held the Passchendale Ridge.

Aprθs avoir franchi sous un feu meurtrier la redoutable fondriθre qu’ιtait alors ce vallon armιe canadienne s’empara de cette crκte et s’y maintint
Octobre-Novembre 1917

Inscription around the base
Honor to Canadians who on the fields of Flanders and of France fought in the cause of the Allies with sacrifice and devotion
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 50° 53.865′ N, 3° 0.793′ E. Monument is in Passendale, Vlaanderen (Flanders), in West-Vlaanderen. It is at the intersection of Canadalaan and Martingatstraat on Canadalaan. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: Canadalaan 43, Passendale, Vlaanderen 8980, Belgium. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the
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Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Battle of Passchendaele (a few steps from this marker); Crest Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Canadian Victoria Crosses at Passchendaele (within shouting distance of this marker); The Canada Gate (within shouting distance of this marker); The Canadians at Passchendaele (within shouting distance of this marker); For Valour (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Recapture of Passendale (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); In Memory of the Grenadiers (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Passendale.
 
Passchendaele Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 12, 2024
2. Passchendaele Monument
Passchendaele Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 12, 2024
3. Passchendaele Monument
The view from the monument to the church in Passendale (St. Audomarus- the spire in the center of the background). To advance these last 800 yards cost the Canadians about 16,000 men.
Passchendaele Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, November 12, 2024
4. Passchendaele Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 26, 2025, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.
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