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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)

Approach to Passchendaele, 9th and 12th October 1917

Approach to Passchendaele, 9th and 12th October 1917
From: Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields - 'YPRES & the Battles of Ypres'
This page shared with Battle of Paschendaele, Oldham HRG talk, '3rd Ypres, Oldham' HERE ... with more maps

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Contributed by Sheila Gooduear

'The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918' by Sir Frederick Ponsonby
Pub. 1920 in 3 Volumes, is freely downloadable as .pdf files or can be read on-line.
Vol 1 HERE
Vol 2 HERE
Vol 3 HERE

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