WWI – images of Poelcapelle and the Passchendaele battle site

Conditions in the area of Poelcapelle, 1917
Conditions in the area of Poelcapelle, October 1917
Gun battery near Langemarck 12 Oct 17
Gun battery near Langemarck, close to Poelcapelle, 12 October 1917
Passchendaele Nov 1917 2
Passchendaele November 1917
Passchendaele Nov 1917
Passchendaele November 1917
Passchendaele Oct 1917 2
Passchendaele October 1917
Passchendaele Oct 1917
Passchendaele October 1917
Poelcapelle after the war from Michelin Guide
Poelcapelle immediately after the war from Michelin Guide. Note the abandoned British tank, left
Poelcapelle from the air 27 Oct 1917
Poelcapelle from the air 27 October 1917. A sea of mud and craters filled with rainwater. Philip was killed here three days later.

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