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... Both joined the Army in 19 16, and were trained at Gosport. They ' both volunteered for France in July, and in the battle of the Somme. In the fighting J. H. Bradshaw was wounded. Returning to the line to his brother George he was buried. and George had ...
... bearing the following inscription:— *ln memory of officers and men, Ist South African Brigade, who fell in action. Battle of the Somme, 1916.** Tlie troops formed up in a hollow square of close column of companies surrounding the memorial. Drums were ...
... they get. I have two brothers out here in the line, and one at hLome discharged after being wounded in the head at the battle of the Somme. I have only one person to thank that I am living to-day, as my mother told me many a time that the Mayor, when he was ...
... and pat the Bosches were aiming at the goal we . ,ivp been striving so hard to attain since the •y.rr.’.np of the battle of the Somme. At the f d rhe enemy would have no more show for efforts and his appalling losses than a more big dent in our line ...
... to ¥gvpt, in Jan.- 1915, and six months later, in June, he was agan sent to France, in time to take part in the big battle of the Somme, where he was badly gassed in August, 1915. This necessitated another six months in hospital in France, after which ...
... otter, anti on' at the front with underatandin,g and efloouvenies. The mule had he supremi tee on this front in the battles of tee Somme. There awe says :del nights of unceasing labour and .bunt rations. The !drain was ounwtant and terrific. In ratio to ...
... bullets, repair. ing the wire by which he sends bark hir. direrboas lo the guns. Here is an instance from one of our battles on the Somme. The wire to one observation post, over a peculiarly dangerous piece of open, was being cut up by shell continuously ...
... Licence was so* wanton here tha the German commander had stamp it out with an iron heel, and after it. dining the battles of the Somme, when the flame war came close to its walls, the French people were sent away. OXE OF THE MEN OF MONS. Its ruined streets ...