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'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)

MAPS & PHOTO GALLERY
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Guards Division at the the Battle of Loos
Guards Division at
the Battle of Loos
Sept - Oct. !915

 

Guards Division at the Battle of the Somme
Guards Division at the
Battle of the Somme
1916
(2 maps)
Guards Division at the Battle of Boesinghe
Guards Division at the
Battle of Boesinghe
Pilckem Ridge31st July 1917
3rd Ypres - Passchendaele

 

Ypres Salient in 1917
Ypres Salient in 1917

 

THE CROSSING OF THE BROEMBEEK (THE GUARDS DIVISION)
The Crossing of the Broembeek
Guards Division, Oct. 1917

 

Front Line at Ypres - July 30th 1917
Front Line at Ypres - July 30th 1917
Ypres - The Changing Front Line between 31st July and 10th November 1917
Ypres - The Changing Front Line between 31st July and 10th November 1917

 

Approach to Passchendaele, 9th and 12th October 1917
Approach to Passchendaele,
9th and 12th October 1917
Edward Garside Whitehead with his parents, James Edward Whitehead and Martha (nee Garside)
Edward Garside Whitehead
with his parents, James Edward
Whitehead and Martha (nee Garside)
Edward Garside Whitehead Medal Rolls Index Card
Edward Garside Whitehead
Medal Rolls Index Card
His 'Formal Will' - written at the time of embarkaction for France, 23rd September 1915
His 'Formal Will' - written at the
time of embarkaction for France,
23rd September 1915

 

Guardsman 21718, 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards
Edward Garside Whitehead
Guardsman 21718, 4th Battalion
Grenadier Guards
Edward Garside Whitehead - Grenadier Guards in dress uniform on left
Edward Garside Whitehead - Grenadier Guards in dress uniform
on left
Edward Garside Whitehead - Grenadier Guards - Machine-Gun Company
Edward Garside Whitehead - Grenadier Guards - Machine-Gun Company
The Grenadier Guards Inspection & marching past their Colonel, Field-Marshal, H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, K.G., November 1st, 1916
The Grenadier Guards Inspection &
marching past their Colonel,
Field-Marshal, H.R.H.
The Duke of Connaught, K.G.,
November 1st, 1916
(2 photos)

 

The Menin road & Gate of Ypres
The Menin road & Gate of Ypres
Edward's sistar, Martha, on a visit to his memorial at Duhallows Cemetery.
Edward's sistar, Martha,
on a visit to his memorial
at Duhallows Cemetery.

 

Memorial Plot in Duhallows Cemetery
Memorial Plot in Duhallows Cemetery
Private Edward Garside Whitehead,
385, Machine-Gun Company
The Menin Gate Memorial - looking back into the Town of Ypres
The Menin Gate Memorial -
looking back into the Town of Ypres
Remembered on Clayton (Manchester) War Memorial and on his Parents' headstone in St. Cross Churchyard
Remembered on Clayton War
Memorial and on his Parents'
headstone in St. Cross Churchyard
Edward Garside Whitehead - Grenadier Guards Remembered on the Menin Gate
Edward Garside Whitehead - Grenadier Guards
Remembered on the Menin Gate
Ypres - The Church Rebuilt
Ypres - The Church Rebuilt
Ypres - Memorial Window, depicting St. George, in the Church
Ypres -
Memorial Window in the Church,
depicting St. George,
Ypres - Memorial Window, in the Church, in memory of the Oldham men who died at Ypres.
Ypres -
Memorial Window, in the Church,
in memory of the Oldham men
who died at Ypres.

Contributed by Sheila Goodyear

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