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Passchendaele: a name written in blood

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 24, 2020
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing History Militaria Miscellaneous
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If getting killed by the thousands is glorious, it was glorious in the Ypres battle. My battalion came out 200 strong out of a thousand. It breaks my heart when…

At the grave of Jack Allsopp in France, 2015.

Uncle Jack Allsopp’s walk-on part at the Battle of Passchendaele.

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:April 24, 2020
Post category:Greg Ray's Writing History Militaria
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Passchendaele was a word I grew up with because that was where my grandmother's favourite brother died. My grandmother's been gone from this world herself now for more than 50…

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