... THE WESTERN FRONT. It was in February that the result of the Battle of the Somme became manifest. Begun in the I?x‘ovious summer and continued until well into the autumn, with the capture of many strong positions which the enemy had heldv for two years ...

... Forresters in November, 1914. He went to France on February, 1946, and was wounded on July Ist of that year, at the battle of the Somme, on which occasion he was awarded the Military Cross_for _gonspicuous gallantry and leadership. He returned to France ...

... Committee, has been presented with the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the battle of the Somme, July, 1916. The brave recipient of this honour lives at 128, Third Avenue, Queen's Park, Paddington. He joined the ...

... quick-firing guns, and obtained a first-cluss certificate ; was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, was all through the battle of the Somme (1916) and in the fighting at Thiepval, Arras, Albert, etc., being wounded three times. He obtained a Commisgion, and ...

... of them is Reginald Edwin Rowsell, who is only 19 vears of age. He enlisted when he was sixteen and took part in the Battle of the Somme, being afterwards sent home for a vear. At the end of that time he was again called up and sent to meet the Huns in ...

... the outbreak of war. Going to France, he was wounded in the first battle of Ypres, and subsequently took part in the actions of Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Loos, and the Battles of the Somme, and was present at the capture of Messines Ridge when he was slightly ...