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

Taken from the talk given at Oldham Historical Research Group on the 16th August, 1917

Ypres - The Halles and St. Martin's Cathedral, 1919

Ypres - The Halles and St. Martin's Cathedral, 1919
From: 'Ypres in Ruins, 1919' A collection of postcards by Antony d'Ypres
See Passchendaele 'Resources' page.

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