Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
1914 - 1918

EDWARD GARSIDE WHITEHEAD
Guardsman 21718, 4th BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS:
Service No. 385, GUARDS MACHINE-GUN CORPS No. 2 Company
Killed in Action 31st July 1917
3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

The Menin Gate of Ypres

The Menin Gate of Ypres
"This gap in the old walls of Ypres is the entrance of the road from Menin,
which was for some eleven miles straight across the middle of the Salient by
Hooge, Ghelnvelt and Gheluwe, known as the 'Menin Road'. "
from : 'Ypres to Verdun : A Collection of Photographs of the War Areas in France & Flanders'
by Sir Alexander B.W. Kennedy

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