PASSCHENDALE WORLD WAR I MUSEUM AND TYNE COT CEMETERY

PASSCHENDAELE WAS A BATTLE IN WORLD WAR 1 THAT WAS FOUGHT IN THE FLANDERS AREA OF BELGIUM.  IT INVOLVED THE BRITISH TROOPS AND THEIR ALLIES AGAINST THE GERMANS.    THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT FROM JULY 1917 - NOVEMBER 1917.  THE RAIN BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER THE BATTLE BEGAN.  IT WAS THE WORST RAIN IN 30 YEARS.  IT GOT SO BAD THAT EVENTUALLY MEN AND HORSES DROWN IN THE MUD.  THE GERMANS HELD TIGHT ONLY GIVING A FEW METERS IN WEEKS OF FIGHTING.  FINALLY THE BRITS AND THE CANADIANS TOOK PART OF THE VILLAGE OF PASSCHENDAELE.  

BELOW ARE PHOTOS OF THE MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE BATTLE.

BRRR!   MUST HAVE BEEN COLD BEING IN THE SCOTTISH ARMY

A SAMPLE TRENCH SYSTEM AT THE MUSEUM

VIEW FROM THE TRENCH

NEARBY THE MUSEUM IS THE TYNE COT CEMETERY.    NEARLY 12,000 SOLDIERS ARE BURIED HERE.   MOST ARE UNIDENTIFIED.   BELIEVE IT OR NOT THERE ARE 4 GERMANS BURIED HERE.  

(credit to Thompson Photography/Flickr)

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