Samuel Forsyth
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Samuel Forsyth, VC was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded at the time to British and Commonwealth forces.
Sergeant Samuel Forsyth, 1918
A portrait of Samuel Forsyth, executed by Richard Wallwork in 1920
Battle of Poelcappelle
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The Battle of Poelcappelle was fought in Flanders, Belgium, on 9 October 1917 by the British Second Army and Fifth Army against the German 4th Army, during the First World War. The battle marked the e
Street corner in Poelcappelle
Ypres area, Autumn, 1917
Allied forces and objectives at the Battle of Poelcappelle
British front line and the German defences east of Ypres, mid-1917