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BIRMINGHAM OFFICER HONOURED

... obtained his commission from the Cambridge O.T.C. in March, 1915. He has been at the front since last July, was in the battle of the Somme, and was wounded February 8 last, but soon relumed duty Hi* brother, Captain G. Gerard Wilson, R. War. R.,,4a also serving ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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HEAVY P'RJGB FOB FRBSNOT

... counter-attack which the Germans yesterday managed secure posses&ion of Freenoy is, I believe, the first instance in the battle either the Somme or Arras that any village after being firmly in our hands the Owenty-fonr honra has been won back again the Germans ...

Published: Thursday 10 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 126 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SEC. LIEUT. H. PARRY (KILLED)

... all. Had he been spareAl am sure he would have made a great name for ihanself as a soldier. did awfully well in the battle on the Somme last year.” ...

Published: Monday 14 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 156 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FOOTBALLER KILLED

... last despatch. This is the second time Captain Shewring has been thus honoured, the first being on the occasion of the battle of the Somme Captain Shewring, who was articled the engineer at the Wp..t Bromwich Corporation Gasworks, enlisted the Birmingham ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1917
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 322 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

“AN ACTIVE DEFENCE

... VILLAGE. The counter-attack by which the German* yesterday managed to secure is, 1 beliove, tne first instance in the battle either the .Somme or Arras that any village after being Hrmlv in our hands for 21 hours has been won back again the Germane (says the ...

Published: Thursday 10 May 1917
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 290 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BISHOPS TACHBROOK

... last, it is coneluded th t his de h took place on the of that month. It is known that Private Fred Boneham was in the Battle of the Somme, and he must have given his life for his country then, nothing having been heard of him since. © was a member of the ...

Published: Friday 25 May 1917
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 308 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LENS TO BE ABANDONED ?

... trenches and defences b* t \ l)ro* and Queant. atanwhile. the losses of the enemy are in anything that could have been The battle of the Somme cost Germans hors do combat, but it is possible- to estimate those incurred in the defeat Arras. The German units ‘‘melting ...

Published: Tuesday 08 May 1917
Newspaper: Burton Daily Mail
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 467 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THK ATTACK

... therein an entire battalion of reserves, including a staff major. Steel-clad monitors, which were so effective in the battle of the Somme last autumn, took part in the bombardment. These monitors, with their power suddenly disappearing, possess all the ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 622 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

*THE SOMME BATTLE

... *THE SOMME BATTLE. century hence may able to say whether the full story of the battle the Somme has been written and how many historians and volumes it has taken tell it. Meanwhile, though the full narrative cannot be attempted yet by any single writer ...

Published: Wednesday 16 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1452 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

KING AND QUEEN VISIT SHIPBUILDING YARD. ■• V.' , ; An old workman at shipbnildinp: yard of Cammell L;iird was

... possession of some curious evidence regarding the longrange guns which I have lately written. Immediately after the battle of the Somme the Gcmran Higher Command decided that long-range flat trajectory guns were necessary for confusing the enemy’s organisation ...

Published: Wednesday 16 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 602 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM DAILY POST. WEDNESDAY. MAY 9. 1917

... masters. HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. HISTORY OF SERBIA. Captain H. W. V. Tempcrley. IDs. 6d. net. Bell. THE TURNING POINT: The Battle of the Somme. H. Perry Robinson. 6s. net. Heinemann. ARTHUR STANTON: Memoir. the Bight Hon George W.‘ E. Russell IDs. 6d, net, Longmans ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1917
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 651 | Page: 3 | 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