
Isaac Maracle was killed in action on this day in 1917 at the Second Battle of Passchendaele. The extract from the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry’s war diary for the day shows that there were 38 men missing after the attack on enemy lines. Ninety-three were killed.

Extract from war diary of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry for October 30th/31st, courtesy Library and Archives Canada
Isaac’s body was not recovered. He is remembered on the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres and on the Deseronto war memorial.
October 31, 2017 at 12:37 pm
[…] Isaac did not make it home. […]
November 5, 2017 at 12:26 pm
was Isaac the son of ELIZA maracle
November 7, 2017 at 6:48 am
Hi – yes he was – see the earlier post about him, when he enlisted.