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LEEDS ROLL OF HONOUR

... received. His parents, who reside at 264, Harehills-lane, Leeds, have two other sons serving, and fourth eon fell in the battle of the Somme July Ist last year. KEIGHLEY SOLDIER ENTERTAINERS RAISE - FUNDS FOR THEIR HOSPITAL ' ...

Published: Saturday 26 January 1918
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 181 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

» i>r 100 k* lion.'

... iiiinxdi iN-lv afl-r the outbreak of hostilities, and was» i influence of international advices. Later M\«- shrapnel the Battle of the Somme. . sion prices advanced under bear covering caused bv Captain Alan Roberts, Webb Regiment (M.C.) fJie firmness of oats ...

RETFORD QUARTER SESSIONS

... went with his regiment to France and was in two engagements, being gassed at Ypres and wounded with shrapnel at the Battle of the Somme. When they discovered his age he was sent home and had been in a training camp since, and was now ready to be sent out ...

Published: Tuesday 08 January 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AUSTRIA'S PLIGHT

... various stages the campaign. following its most leftward course we see where it stood in 1916 before the commencement the Battle of the Somme, and, forking away near its extremity, get the alignment at the close of that year after the capture of Thiepval, Fricourt ...

Published: Monday 28 January 1918
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 484 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A Rationing System

... Lieutenant-General Sir A. Hunter Weston, whose name will be familiar to many in Sheffield. lie had in his command at the battle of the Somme a local Battalion which suffered heavily on the left of his advance. .The speech he made last night was, as he described ...

Published: Friday 25 January 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 823 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LONDON LETTER. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, Thursday Night. NEW GERMAN COMMANDER. The report which ..

... Good Hope, which was sunk in the battle off Chili. The table which Marshal Joffre and General Foch have sat. where King Georse wrote letters to front, and where Sir Douglas Haig is said to have planned tho battle of the Somme is there, and so is a clod of ...

Published: Friday 11 January 1918
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1197 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENGINEERS' WAR UONLS

... an irreproachable life. He held a commission in His Majesty's Army, went out and served in France, went through the battle of the Somme, was wounded in the leg. and he suffered from shell shock. Ho came back and had a bad attack of •inflammation of the ...

Published: Wednesday 30 January 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1336 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SERBIANS' VISIT TO THE CITY

... of captain. Since May, 1916. 'lie has been adjutant of his battalion. In July. 1916, he was seriously wounded in the battle of the Somme, but recovered sufficiently to return to the front early in 1917, and has taken an active part in many operations in ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1331 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24. 1918-(g)

... Battalion to gain that distinction. He went out with the April, 1915, and has been twice wounded, the second time the battle of the Somme. His friends and old comrades, whether home or at the front, will, I am sure, be glad hear the news, and will heartily ...

Published: Thursday 24 January 1918
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 2038 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NO TAXATION OF CAPITAL

... Since April last three great war storice havo been shown on cinema films throughout the United The first was “ The Battle of tho Somme,” arranged in episodes of 14 reels. It runs for seven weeks in cach town, and has already £68,000 for the War Office ...

Published: Wednesday 16 January 1918
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1796 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

, ...n, _ing Matinee for Children Only, Sat-urday, 2-30. – Special Pictures..:, P -- – -

... send-off for the newl In - July,-1916, lie was ;seriously wounded in year. - A . capital program m e- had been the battle of the Somme, but recovered-antranged. and was highly appreciated the ficiently to return to the fi•ont,early in 1917. ' audience ...