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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1915/04/22 The German army launches a deadly chlorine gas against Allied troops. It is the first large scale use of a chemical weapon in the history of war. Second Battle of Ypres
1917/07/31 The British Army deploys tanks in the Allied push to Passchendaele. Deluged with heaviest rainfall the region has seen in 30 years, the deep mud will trap tanks, incapacitate weapons while drown men and horses. Invention of the Military Tank
1918/04/17 William Hope Hodgson Died William Hope Hodgson is killed by the direct impact of an artillery shell at the Fourth Battle of Ypres in April 1918, sources suggest either the 17th or 19th.

Places

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PlaceAsNotedInType
Site John McCrae

Data »

Particulars for Yorkshire Trench and Dug Out:
Historic Use Battle site
Structure Bunker
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Sight Category Structure
Motif War
Historic Event World War I




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