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.

E(AUS) 1233

IWM catalogue nimber & descriptive caption:

E(AUS) 1233
Assault on Passchendaele 12 October - 6 November 1917:
A soldier running along a corduroy track through Chateau Wood.
Originally captioned 'The Way to the Front', probably posed.

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The Battle of 3rd Ypres - Passchendaele

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

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