... died from pnerumonia in France. Pte. Shackleton. who was in his 22nd year, onlieted in 1915, and was wounded at the battle of the Somme in September, 191b. Returning the front in the beginning of lIP 7, had. except for visit home furlough some nine months ...

... istant Q.M. He was a number of years in Australia, and enlhted on the 30th August, 1915. He wit.= badly wounded at the Battle of the Somme. in July. 1816 and was in liosp.tal in 'England. He was 29 Years of agt. B.•fore emigrating to Australia lie was employed ...

... a has other two sons serving with the colours—v Sergeant T. D. Crosbie. Canadian Artillery, who was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and Sapper C. Crosbie, R.E., who has been wounded twice and is now in England. ...

... Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Dr Brown's youngest eon, a Second Lieutenant in the Gordons, was killed in the first battle of the Somme, on July 18. 1916. His eldeg eon, a Captain in the 1LL.1., who served in Gallipoli and Egypt, died in April, 1917, from ...

... in London with a fractured right arm as the result of a bullet wound. Private Anderson was previously gassed at the battle of the Somme, and when recovering from the effects of the poison spent some time in England and subsei]uently in Ireland. He returned ...

... first day of the battle of the Somme the Germans employed 64 divisions—a number considerably exceeding tdve entire British Army in France. Sir Douglas Haig, summing up the results of both battles, says that at no time either the Somme the Lye was there ...

... success achieved ty the British in the present operations may to gained from the following stet voent,:—ln the First Battle of the Somme, which la-ttel from July 1 to , OctatQr 31, 1916, the British and French won 44 square miles of territory, whereas in ...

... guns and two howitzers, with gun carriages complete, which were captured the 10th Battalion of the Cameronians the battle of the Somme last year. The guns were on view last night at a W.A.A.C. dance in Hamilton Barracks. ...

... wounded in the shoulder by a missile from aeroplane, and on his recovery returned activo duty. While engaged in the battle of the Somme was buried alive and sustained severe shock and injuries to his system that he was sent to a Dome hospital. He received ...

... shilling and stamped addressed envelope for reply by post. Discharged Soldier is anxious to procure the songs Battle the Somme,” Just Before the Battle, Mother,” ” A Highland Regiment Was Forced to Go, Somewhere in France, Dear Mother,” ” Dark Neuve Chapelle ...

... Highlander• when be became of age. After undergoing training be was sent to France in September 1916. He took part in the Battle of the Somme, and was wounded on 4th August 1917. On his recovery he was home on short leave. He had not, been long in France before ...

... that time. James joined the army over three years ago, add was home three times, first with wounds received in the Battle of the Somme, and afterwards with trench feet and trench fever. He was a railway porter at Stirling when he enlisted. Mrs Mann has ...