... returned to France in June, 1916, after- wards commanding a battery thr'oughoUt the battles of the Somme, Arras, Messines, and the third battle of Ypres, when he was again wounded within 100 yards of the spot where he was wounded in 1915. He was awarded ...

... whereas before the battle. the British had one strong defensive line, they have now four. A gratifying feature of our operations on the Western front has been the decrease in the per centage of infantry casualties. At the battles of the Somme they were very ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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

... lived irreproachable life. He held 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. He came back and had a bad attack of inflammation of the ...

... 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 ...

... and failed to return. Defendant was discharged from the army 'in November, 1916, having lost his right aim •in the battle of the Somme. He had a pension of 19s. 3d. :Nceotding to the balance-sheet of the High Green Workingmen's Club, the club gave the ...

... changed and that the Bodies were aiming at the goal have been striving so hard to attain since the begiiming of the Battle of the Somme. At the end he enemy would have more to show for his efforts and his appalling losses than a more or less big dent ...

... changed and that the Boches were aiming et the goal we have been striving so hard to attain since the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. At the end the enemy would have no more to show for his efforts and his appalling losses than a more or less big dent ...

... the auld battalion, and the> baith took ’the knock thegeither on the same day as % ae monv o’ us got hit in that first battle o the Somme. George Tweddle and Billy Grant had aye chummed up, though for ma pairt I could never sec whit they had in common. Geordic ...