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WEST MIDLANDS AND THE WAR

... week. Li.w. J J. Thu. R P.A.. leaves for the frost on Monday. He hat preen:m.ly seen eorne hon.' baring been in tbe battle of the Somme Bombardier W. G. WU. she training rams bane to ku bndher on Wediacaday. ...

ALLEN

... 1915, aged 26 years : buried near Loos. Also Private Alfred Allen, 6th Royal Warwicks, killed July Ist, 1916, in the battle of the Somme, aged 09 years. Death divides, but Memory clings. R.I.P. Never Forgotten by their Brother, Sapper 'l'. Allen. R.E., ...

Published: Saturday 20 October 1917
Newspaper: Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 70 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BROMSGROVE GUARDSMAN WOUNDED

... wife on Wednesday, stated that he was getting on very favourably. Private Turner was also wounded last year in the battle of the Somme. He mobilised with the Bth Worcesters in August, 1914, and later entered the Grenadier Guards. Before the war he was ...

Published: Saturday 15 December 1917
Newspaper: Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 90 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Rank and File--Died,

... dysentery and enteric fever, and was in hospital five months. Afterwards he was sent to France, and was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and returned to England. He went out for the third tune in November, and was taken ill et the end of December. A memorial ...

Published: Saturday 13 January 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 131 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED NOW REPORTED DIED OF WOUNDS. Yeemartry.—Drinkwater 326692 Pte. S. V. fLedbury). ..

... his wife on Wednesd a y, stated that he was getting on very favourably. Pte. Turner was also wounded last year in the Battle of the Somme. He mobilised with the Bth Woreestershires in August, 1914, and later 'entered the Grenadier Guards. Before the war ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 225 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

:MILITARY CROSS FOR CAPTAT& KNIGHT-COL-7PS

... January 1917.. He is in the Army Field Artillery. and lie has been in a lot of; very -hard fighting, including the Battle of the Somme, Vimv Ridge, etc. Captain Kniffiht- Coutts while at Evesham was well-known in the football world. He took a .keen .interest ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 564 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

60 GERMAN 'PLANES DOWN

... and Runcorn' for the other three. The record of these two day s i s withr,ut a parallel Fince, at an 7 rate. ttu-3 Battle of the Somme beiTan on July 1, 1916. Eighteen Germ an and seven lan--came involuntarily to earth on Ray 2, and o n Feb. ruary 15 ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

neede

... belonged 'io the signa,l section of a of the Royal 'Warwickehire P,egiment, mobilised in August. 1914. Be was wounded the battle of the Somme i.n ;fay, 1916, and for four wont% i n the genera:l hospital Oxforsl. H© went out again I et the end of the year. Before ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 606 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

EMPIRE,

... mentioned two young fellows, anal they were Geoffrey and Tudor Bennett, the latter of whom unfortunately was kilted et the Battle of the Somme. It was a rather remarkable fact that both those young men come from that district. Ile was glad to hear that Sergt ...

Published: Saturday 20 January 1917
Newspaper: Dudley Chronicle
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: | Words: 849 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DROITWICH MAN WOUNDED. EXCITING EXPERIENCES

... army in September, 1914, and went to the front in the following spring. He was wounded on July Bth of last year in the battle of the Somme, and returned to the front last February. He leaves a widow amid Iwo children, aged respectively 13 and 11. ['li vale ...

Published: Saturday 25 August 1917
Newspaper: Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 746 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NETHERTON

... he left behind. Eventaally he went to Salonica, and snarly to France, where he was screwy wounded in the head in the battle of the Somme on November Ma. He lay in an nnomeciona condition for two night. and a day before they managed to nick him and take ...

Published: Saturday 03 February 1917
Newspaper: Dudley Chronicle
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1181 | Page: 7 | Tags: none