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Harvey Laurence Yuill
Informations sur naissance
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Date de naissance: 20/03/1898 |
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Lieu de naissance: Calabogie, Ontario, Canada |
Informations générales
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Profession: Etudiant |
Informations service militaire
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Pays: Canada |
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Force armée: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Private |
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Numéro de service: 231211 |
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Incorporation date: 17/03/1917 |
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Incorporation nom de lieu: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Unités: — Canadian Infantry, 10th Bn. (Canadians) (Dernière unité connue) |
Informations sur décès
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Date de décès: 11/11/1917 |
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Lieu de décès: Côte 52, Passchendaele, Belgique |
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Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Âge: 19 |
Mémorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panneau: 24G |
Distinctions et médailles 2
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British War Medal Médaille |
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Victory Medal Médaille |
Points d'intérêt 3
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Mon histoire
Private Harvey Laurence Yuill served in the Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion, part of the 2nd Canadian Brigade, of the 1st Canadian Division. The Canadians participated in the final stage of the Third Battle of Ypres. On the 6th of November 1917 the 1st Canadian Division already captured the heights at Mosselmarkt and Goudberg, to the northwest of Passchendaele.
On the 10th of November 1917 the Division charged once more. It advanced with the 2nd Canadian Brigade further to the North of Passchendaele. Its final objective was Hill 52. This Hill, half a mile North of the village, was an excellent observation point and would place the allies on top of the Passchendaele Ridge. The 7th and 8th Battalions were the first to attack. They were to capture Vindictive Crossroads and Venture Farm. With these German strongpoints in allied hands the way was completely open to storm Hill 52. The 10th Battalion would remain in reserve during the advance.
All went well at first and the 7th and 8th Battalions respectively took Vindictive Crossroads and Venture Farm. However the attack of the British 1st Division had been checked by a German counterattack, exposing the left flank of the Canadians. Also the right flank was under pressure. Every further advance towards Hill 52 became neigh to impossible. The 8th Battalion had been subjected to heavy shelling and enfilade fire coming from the left and was unable to complete the attack. Subsequently the 10th Battalion was ordered to come up from the Brigade’s reserve and took over the whole of the 2nd Canadian Brigade’s front. They pushed on towards the top of the ridge and eventually established a line on Hill 52.
Although the 10th Battalion had taken an excellent observation point with Hill 52, they had driven a deep wedge in the German defences and found themselves surrounded on three sides. Becoming a victim of their own success they were now being shelled from three sides. The Battalion suffered heavy casualties due to the German shelling during the night and throughout the 11th of November. The Battalion was eventually relieved in the evening. It had lost a total of 154 men. Thirty-three men were killed in action, 104 were wounded and seventeen went missing. Private Harvey Laurence Yuill lost his live on Hill 52 on the 11th of November 1917. He possibly fell victim due to the German shellfire. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
On the 10th of November 1917 the Division charged once more. It advanced with the 2nd Canadian Brigade further to the North of Passchendaele. Its final objective was Hill 52. This Hill, half a mile North of the village, was an excellent observation point and would place the allies on top of the Passchendaele Ridge. The 7th and 8th Battalions were the first to attack. They were to capture Vindictive Crossroads and Venture Farm. With these German strongpoints in allied hands the way was completely open to storm Hill 52. The 10th Battalion would remain in reserve during the advance.
All went well at first and the 7th and 8th Battalions respectively took Vindictive Crossroads and Venture Farm. However the attack of the British 1st Division had been checked by a German counterattack, exposing the left flank of the Canadians. Also the right flank was under pressure. Every further advance towards Hill 52 became neigh to impossible. The 8th Battalion had been subjected to heavy shelling and enfilade fire coming from the left and was unable to complete the attack. Subsequently the 10th Battalion was ordered to come up from the Brigade’s reserve and took over the whole of the 2nd Canadian Brigade’s front. They pushed on towards the top of the ridge and eventually established a line on Hill 52.
Although the 10th Battalion had taken an excellent observation point with Hill 52, they had driven a deep wedge in the German defences and found themselves surrounded on three sides. Becoming a victim of their own success they were now being shelled from three sides. The Battalion suffered heavy casualties due to the German shelling during the night and throughout the 11th of November. The Battalion was eventually relieved in the evening. It had lost a total of 154 men. Thirty-three men were killed in action, 104 were wounded and seventeen went missing. Private Harvey Laurence Yuill lost his live on Hill 52 on the 11th of November 1917. He possibly fell victim due to the German shellfire. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Sources 4
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Dancocks D., Gallant Canadians. The Story of the Tenth Canadian Infantry Battalion (1914-1919), (Calgary, The Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1990), pg. 148-155. Sources utilisées |
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McCarthy, Passchendaele the day-by-day account, (London, Uniform, 2018), pp. 62-63. Sources utilisées |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10672 - 46). http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources utilisées |
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War diaries: 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4902, Microfilm reel number: T-10694--T-10695, File number: 308-309). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources utilisées |
Complément d’informations 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1597277 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=4c64cbea-da4b-4490-af42-deb37731a279 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5803854 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1597277 |