A Special Service Was Held To Mark The Centenary of The Start of the Battle of Passchendaele Published by admin on Wed, 2017-09-20 15:00 A total of 1,300 men from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland lost their lives during the course of the battle, officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, which became infamous not only for the scale of casualties, but also for the mud.