Real Operations

[logau]

Imagine you are a Canadian Army Surgeon from Montreal posted to help out at a Cas Evac centre near Ypres Belgium in July 1917 during the 2nd battle of Ypres.

TV has nothing on what you are about to see.

I`m tracing the movements of a Canadian Army Surgeon up in Ypres area in April 1917. Nothing but carnage. Incredible what our troops had to put up with.

Check out this real life MASH unit

This is the unit - 3 Casualty Clearing Station - that Maj Harry Burgess (Cdn Army MEdical Corps) went to on 22 July 17 http://data2.archives.ca/e/e061/e001510829.jpg

This is what happened on 23 Jul 17 http://data2.archives.ca/e/e061/e001510830.jpg

Am not sure exactly where this is - it is near Ypres

When you see a name - go to the Commonwealth War Graves Site at www.cwgc.org and look up the names and then you can check the people by their service number.

Unbelievable.

Floyd
54th Bn Website http://apollon_2.tripod.com

 

[Art Johnson]

Just a few comments if I may. The 2nd Battle of Ypres took place between 22 April and 25May 1915. It was the first time that the Germans used gas some Canadian Battalions were all but wiped out.
The 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) took place between 31 July and 10 November 1917. I‘m not even sure that the Canadians were in Belgium on the Dates you mention. I know that the 15th Bn CEF (48th Highlanders) were in the area of Loos France near Saint Remy in France. Unfortunately there are at least four towns of that name, three in Belgium and one in France.
The nearest battle to the dates that you mention is "Hill 60" which was strictly a CEF Battle only Canadian units could claim it for a Battle Honour.
I notice that all the men on the lists are from British Army units which might tend to indicate that the Canadian Corps was out of the line at that time.
Despite my comments your post is very interesting, a couple of pages from our past. I hope you have success in your project.

 

[tmbluesbflat]

The PPCLI were in the line at the end of 1914, but as an attachment to the British Army not as part of the Canadian Army, This could account for some confusion re; Canadians present and engaged when the Canadian Army was out of the line.