On 31st July 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) was launched and by the time it concluded in November 1917, 244,897 allied and an estimated 400,000 German Soldiers had become casualties.
In this macabre statistic, it should be noted that 558 Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Soldiers had died. The single, costliest engagement for the RAMC in the Great War.
The above statistics can only give an idea of the psychological impact on the survivors on all sides.
It is in the centenary anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele that Private Parsons along with a group of Ex Servicemen, aim to commemorate the launch of this iconic battle.
They will do so by walking from the Thiepval Memorial to the missing (on the Somme), to the Tyne Cot Cemetery on the Passchendaele Ridge, Ypres. This isn’t merely an act of commemoration of one hundred miles for one hundred years, they aim to walk this in four days wearing full WW1 marching order.
This will all be conducted to raise funds for Charity; combat Stress. In doing so they hope to highlight the psychological impact of survivors of all conflicts. Both past and present.
If you would like to support Private Parsons, his colleagues in Khaki and Combat Stress, then please donate a contribution to www.justgiving.com/Thiepval2Tynecot
In this macabre statistic, it should be noted that 558 Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Soldiers had died. The single, costliest engagement for the RAMC in the Great War.
The above statistics can only give an idea of the psychological impact on the survivors on all sides.
It is in the centenary anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele that Private Parsons along with a group of Ex Servicemen, aim to commemorate the launch of this iconic battle.
They will do so by walking from the Thiepval Memorial to the missing (on the Somme), to the Tyne Cot Cemetery on the Passchendaele Ridge, Ypres. This isn’t merely an act of commemoration of one hundred miles for one hundred years, they aim to walk this in four days wearing full WW1 marching order.
This will all be conducted to raise funds for Charity; combat Stress. In doing so they hope to highlight the psychological impact of survivors of all conflicts. Both past and present.
If you would like to support Private Parsons, his colleagues in Khaki and Combat Stress, then please donate a contribution to www.justgiving.com/Thiepval2Tynecot
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