Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

The Battle of 3rd Ypres - Passchendaele

GALLERY
Photographs taken during the Battle of 3rd Ypres
and to be found on the IWM Website.

Q 5969

IWM catalogue nimber & descriptive caption:

Q 5969
Battle of the Menin Road Ridge.
Men of the 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, resting in trenches
during their advance on Veldhoek, 20 September 1917

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