About
This research covers the Ypres Salient. It is the result of fifteen years of visits and research.
The various categories provide a wealth of information about a range of subjects.
The Roll of Honour category is where you will find the details of all the men from Falkirk District who are buried or commemorated in the Immortal Salient.
Of the 2,400 men from Falkirk District who died in the First World War, 521 are either buried or commemorated in the Ypres Salient. The men from Falkirk District fought in the Salient from 1914 to 1918.
The Cemeteries and Memorials section provides details of all the cemeteries and memorials were the men from Falkirk District are either buried or commemorated.
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BATTLE NOMENCLATURE:
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FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES
1914 - 12 October to 11 November
Battle of Messines 12 October - 2 November
Battle of Armentieres 13 October - 2 November
Battle of Langemarck 21 October - 24 October
Battle of Gheluvelt 29 October - 31 October
Battle of Nonne Bosschen 11 November
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SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES
1915 - 22 April to 25 May
Battle of Gravenstafel 22 April - 23 April
Battle of St Julian 24 April - 4 May
Battle of Frezenberg 8 May - 13 May
Battle of Bellewaarde 24 May - 25 May
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THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES
1917
Battle of Messines 7 June - 14 June
Preliminary action in the south with the aim of taking the Messines Ridge known as 'Cratering the Ridge' using nineteen mines & 933,200lbs of ammonal detonated under the German defenders. The objective to take the Oostaverne Line.
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Battle of Ypres 31 July to 10 November
Battle of Pilkem Ridge 31 July - 2 August
Battle of Langemarck 16 August - 18 August
Battle of the Menin Road 20 September - 25 September
Battle of Polygon Wood 26 September - 3 October
Battle of Broodseinde 4 October
Battle of Poelcappelle 9 October
Battle of Passchendaele I 12 October
Battle of Passchendaele II 26 October - 10 November
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FOURTH BATTLE OF YPRES
1918
Battle of Lys 9 April - 29 April
Battle of Estaires 9 April - 11 April
Battle of Messines, 1918 10 April - 11 April
Battle of Hazebrouck 12 April - 15 April
Battle of Bailleul 13 April - 15 April
Battle of Kemmel I 17 April - 19 April
Battle of Bethune 18 April
Battle of Kemmel II 25 April - 26 April
Battle of Scherpenberg 29 April
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THE FINAL BREAKOUT
1918
Battle of Ypres 28 September - 2 October
Battle of Kortrijk 14 October - 19 October
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By the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the British Army was fifty-one miles from the Salient.
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