... and Queant. Mecanwhile the losses of the en;m.v are in ex cess of anything that could bhave been imayz ined. 3 The battle of the Somme resulted in 730,000 men being placed hors de combat. . It is impossible to estimate those incurred in the bloody defeat ...

... on Ist August, 1916, He was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and was in hospital in France for a few weeks. On recovering I‘;e again went to the fromt, and on 10th November, he was wounded at the battle of the Ancre. He was sent on to England and ...

... for France m July, o, He was woundand gassed at the battle of Loos in Septem. r. He spent several months in hospital, and his recovers «-* “~ lanw to th y, 1916, and was kiiled e battle of the Somme ust say that 1 have lost a most valuable soldier nd ...

... and after a further course of training at Rigon, he crossed over to France in June, 1916, where he took part in the battles of the Somme and Ancre, in ithe latter of which he was wounded. Private Spence was the first boy to win a Secondary EPQ;llCllion ...