The Third Battle of Ypres, commonly known as the Battle of Passchendaele, took place from 31st July 1917 to 10th November 1917. Specific battles included Messines (7–14 Jun), Pilckem Ridge (31 Jul – 2 Aug), Langemarck (16–18 Aug), Menin Road Ridge (20–25 Sep), Polygon Wood (26 Sep – 3 Oct), Broodseinde (4 Oct), Poelcappelle (9 Oct), the First Battle of Passchendaele (12 Oct) and the Second Battle of Passchendaele (26 Oct – 10 Nov). Tyne Cot Cemetery, which bears witness to the ferocious battle, is the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world in terms of burials. There are 11,961 Commonwealth servicemen buried there, of whom more than 8,300 remain unidentified. The site also contains the Tyne Cot Memorial Wall to the Missing, which commemorates nearly 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and New Zealand who died on the Ypres Salient after 16th August 1917 and whose graves are not known. This community remembers the lives of employees of Barclays Bank and their constituent banks who were killed at the Third Battle of Ypres, and are buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery or commemorated on the Memorial Wall to the Missing there. [The constituent banks included are Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Bank of Liverpool & Martins (including Bank of Liverpool, Martins Bank, Cattle Trade Bank, Cocks Biddulph & Co, Equitable Bank, Halifax Commercial Banking Co, and Palatine Bank), London & Provincial Bank, London & South Western Bank, Union Bank of Manchester, and United Counties Bank.] Detailed information about the battle is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele . n.b. CWGC are seeking descendants of those killed at this battle, who are invited to apply to attend 2017 commemorative events. Please see http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2017/1/commemorations-at-cwgc-tyne-cot-cemetery-for-the-centenary-of-passchendaele.aspx .
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Died 1917
British Army B/19537 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 19275 Private East Surrey Regiment
British Army G/19275 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
British Army 2325 Sergeant Glamorganshire Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 214th Company
Died 1917
British Army 202248 Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion
Died 1917
British Army 763615 Private London Regiment 28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles) (Territorial Force)
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion
Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army 7800 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 761966 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 761966 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
Born 1884
Died 1917
British Army 37069 Private Training Reserve
British Army 1429 Private Royal Engineers
British Army 44629 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army TF/241020 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army 241020 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 3048 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 760388 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 760388 Lance Corporal London Regiment "A" Company
Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 23473 Private Essex Regiment
British Army G/17254 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion
Died 1917
British Army 761650 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 23093 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 32nd Battalion
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 6796 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 7461 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion (Infantry)
Born 1886
Died 1917
British Army 764992 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 764992 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) "D" Company, 1st/28th Battalion
Died 1917
British Army 13081 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 3rd Battalion attached 11th Battalion
Died 1917
British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 10th Battalion (Territorial Force)
British Army Captain Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 10th Battalion (Territorial)
Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army University Public School Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion
Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 762663 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 762663 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 1st/28th Battalion
Died 1917
British Army GS/67378 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army T/308383, A.S.C. Army Service Corps
British Army GS/67378 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Posted to 2nd/2nd Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)