... troops in the front were waiting for them._ . . Colonel Taylor gave a vivid picture of the scene at the period of the battle of the Somme in 1916. It was what he described as the great, crisis in the railways of France. England's services of trains were ...

... home is at Dinnington, has just received from the War Office two medals awarded him for conspicuous bravery at the Battle of the Somme in 1916—the British Military Medal and the French Medaille Militaire. The latter was for rescuing a wounded French ...

... be placed by the ex-Servicemen and Women’s Section of the British Legion, and a service held in commemoration of the Battle of the Somme, 1916 (where so many of our dear comrades fell fighting, for their King and Country). The Service will be conducted ...

... Suicide. Stated to have worried because he had become bald as a result of shrapnel wounds in the head received at the battle of the Somme, Kenneth Arthur Brimley, aged 24, a carpenter, of Roxton St. Neots, Iluntingdon, was found drowned in a pond close to ...

... field of battle. Members of the Twelfth Club send their tribute in the following notice: —“In memory, ever glorious, of those members of the Sheffield City Battalion (and other units) who made the supreme sacrifice the great battle of the Somme, July Ist ...

... 1916 there was the battle of the Somme, In 1917, when the British Army had obtained the) necessary munitions, they gained Vkmy, Cambrai, Paechendaele. In 1918 there was tilt:. Somme. Then Vipers Bretonneux, tile crossin.i of the Somme, cf the Canal du NOrd ...

... SOMME HEROES. City Battalion’s Tragic Anniversary. Tliere were mournful memories in Sheffield * yesterday. It was the 16th anniversary the battle of the Somme, in which the Sheffield City Battalion suffered such losses. The Union Jack was flown at half-mast ...

... to 1916, referring to a personal queetion, said: was charged with the wanton waste of men entrusted command at the Battle of the Somme. I repudiate that charge with indignation. The measures taken which led this loss were either in opposition to repr ...

... from St. John’s Church. Chapeltown, yesterday, for the memorial service in memory of their comrades who fell in the battle of the Somme. The Rev. Ambrose Surtees (Vicar of Grenoside), conducted the service, and a wreath was deposited on the Roll of Honour ...

... Rev. H. Ewbank, icar of St. Silas’ Church, Sheffield, reminded the large assembly that just before the opening of the battle of the Somme, machine guns seemed to spring from nowhere, and thousands of brave British soldiers wero shot. People at that time ...

... part that he took in the War, where he and his tribesmen fought most valiantly, made todching appeal to everyone. The battle of the Somme is a moat yiyid representation. “The ~Vani h.ing'.Race” Commands attention, the scenery is awesome and spectacular, ...

... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Somme Memorial Service. British Legion House, Tovvnhead Street. Sir, —May I bring to public notice the memorial service in commemoration of the Battle of the Somme, which will be held at the War Memorial, Barker’s Pool, on Sunday ...