'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
Taken from the talk given at Oldham Historical Research Group on the 16th August, 1917
On the 15th September, Sgt. George Archbold lost his life in an exploit that went badly wrong. He, with another soldier planned to place an allied flag on a jetty on the German side of the Yser Canal. Click HERE to return to the Narrative page |
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