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LOtAL ROLL OF HONOUR

... Palmerston Rosd. Spark brock. joined the Army ia September. 1914, had born the front for over montha. and had been in the battle of the Somme. Hia two brother? joined the Armv—one, who wes in one of the City has *been killed, and the other one. in the R.G A ...

Published: Wednesday 02 January 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
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BIRCH OB PROBATION?

... months’ training h© for the Tank Oorpa its formation, and went out with the original Tanks to Prance. took part in the battle of the Somme, 1916, when the Tanks so greatly surprised'the German*, and be has since seen service in all the engagements in which ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1085 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Gkkkaxt’s Scrams Okdsax~

... uninspected new sources of strength; prolonged assaults Vardan were consuming Germany's reserve strength. Then began the battle of the Somme. Almost the same time the Austro-German armies had withstand the tremendous pressure of Brossiloff’s onslaught, which ...

Published: Tuesday 29 January 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 264 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WOUNDED ON THE SOMME

... months ip 6rian cam a of war, Pte. Alfred bad Parkes, Royal “Warwickshire Lernu bas succumbed to his wounds, ly the battle of the Somme, in the I of 1916, Parkes was wounded { head bi y shrapnel. Recently hi injures necessitated him becoming ...

Published: Wednesday 06 February 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WEDNESDAY. 27 EEBRUARY, 1918. ONE PENNY. f CHAIRMAN RHYMES. No. 110

... Kilmarnock, he joined Sunderland club 189H-7, and played for 10 seasons. joined the Army 1014, and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. Afterwards he served in Italy, and later returned France. Mr. H. W. Disney, who has been appointed a■ Metropolitan ...

Published: Wednesday 27 February 1918
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 983 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

£5OO DAMAGES

... officer. In this capacity acted with the extreme British right and extreme French left during the battles of the Somme. took part in tie fierce battles round Verdun in 1916. » here gamed the Croix Guerre, and where his regiment was decorated for special ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1918
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 441 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PRESUMED TO BE DEAD

... now officially behoved to dead The other son. Private John Findlater,'Roval Warwickshire Regiment, was missing at the battle of tbe Somme, 1 July. nine months later was presumed to le dead. ...

Published: Thursday 14 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 67 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE S HISTORY OF THE WAR

... FRANCE AND FLANDERS, VoL DL, 1913, in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gives the first detailed account of the gigantic Battle of the Somme. Uniform with above : The British Campaign France and Flanders, VoL L, 1914 (Third edition)— “ The British Campaign ...

Published: Friday 15 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 74 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AERIAL WARFARE

... lines in cc.-e Germans were compelled to fall bank. Then went to Serbia. His first appearance this - front was at the battle of the Somme. During this commended the second German army Later he- went to command the fifth army in front Verdun Now has been ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1918
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 331 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MAGNIFICENT DEFENCE

... greatest pressure of the enemy our line in those desolate tracts’ Picardy, across which the Germans retreated after the battles of the Somme Bare neither his tactical nor territorial gains can of much value, and would almost appear possible that spectacular ...

Published: Monday 25 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1151 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A War of Movement

... after short intervals, by Allied troops. It true that interval between the battles of the Somme, in which we pushed the Germane out of their very strong positions, and the battles which are raging to-day is interval of good deal more than a year, but this ...

Published: Tuesday 26 March 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 548 | Page: 1 | Tags: none