Chris Locke, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Branch of the Royal British Legion, said: “This year is particularly important as it marks the 100th anniversary of Passchendaele, also known as the ...
On the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Polygon Wood we mark a turning point of WWI. Allied forces pushed back German forces in The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.
War poet Siegfried Sassoon called Passchendaele "hell ... She now plans to go back to Belgium for the 100th anniversary and place a mouth organ at the Black Watch corner at Menin Gate.