[4] The attack was successful in capturing the German-held high ground along the Passchendaele-Westrozebeke ridge but the campaign was forced to end just short of Westrozebeke itself.

Each site represented a significant Canadian engagement in the war and for this reason it was originally decided that each battlefield would be treated equally and graced with identical monuments.

The blocks are essentially identical, carved with wreathes on two opposing sides and inscribed with the phrase "Honour to the Canadians who on the fields of Flanders and France fought in the cause of the allies with sacrifice and devotion" around the base.

Though uniform in design, they are differentiated in the brief English and French descriptions of the battle they commemorate inscribed on their sides and the small parks that surround the memorial blocks, which vary in shape and layout.

1917 advanced across this valley – then a treacherous morass – captured and held the Passchendaele Ridge From the memorial one can look northeast, up the Canadalaan to see the rebuilt church at the centre of Passendale village, to the north, the Bellevue Spur (one of the key axes of the Canadian attack), and down a long avenue of trees to the southwest, the rebuilt spires of Ypres.