... of it afterwards in the Daily Mail but cannot tell you the name of the place, or. rather, dare' not. Talk about the Battle of the Somme last July; it was not in it. was the bloodiest tight I ever saw. Men were knocked out by the score, but when once we ...

... of hi« nephew. Corporal T. H. Gorfing, of the same battalion. Corporal Goring was wounded on September 15th at th e Battle of the Somme, his battalion on Februarv 20th. In civil life was on the staff of Messrs. Ind, Coope and Co., being employed jn the ...

... from this district joining the- in September, 1914. He first went out to France in July, 1915. He was wounded ir the battle of the Somme July, 1916, and was invalided home. After short period at home he returned France, an ...

... informed by the War Oilioa that their son. Private William Ernest Nelson, who has been missing since the opening of the Battle of the Somme on July Ist, is now presumed to have been killed on that date. He joined the colours August 11th, 1915, at the age of ...

... been attempted on the front of last Thursday’s battle. That* indeed, could fairly be called a one-day battle. Its aims have been achieved, and our hold on the new ground is unshaken. Thus Thursday's battle was a complete episode. This is not to say, of ...

... have reluctantly u>me to the conclusion that he was killed in action ftomewbere in France on July Ist, 1916. After the battle of the Somme waa posted as missing as from July Ist. Deceased, who was only 17 years age, was a native of Church Gresley, and bfeor ...

... deadly barrage paved the way victory. It is most important success (although not great battle in the same sense that the battles of the Somme and Arras were great battles), for a thorn is plucked from tb© left flank our long front. longer can the nests of ...