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  Poperinghe area   Arial view of the muddy wasteland Passchendaele  
IWM Cat Ref:Q 63277 IWM Cat Ref:Q 60594
Behind Poperinghe area, Ypres Salient, looking north to north-east, taken from an observation post on the roof of La Lovie Chateau, the British Army Headquarters in the Ypres Salient. View of the muddy wasteland pitted by shell craters
 
  View of the Passchendaele battlefield   A group of Royal Marine Artillerymen  
IWM Cat Ref:Q 56258 IWM Cat Ref:Q 1625
Assault on Passchendaele 12 October - 6 November: View of the battlefield with Passchendaele Church on the horizon, showing the waterlogged state of the ground. A group of Royal Marine Artillerymen, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division by a dump of 15-inch howitzer shells near Ypres, November 1916. On one of the shells in front of the group is written 'RMA Guarantee for Peace'.
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