... existence. After eighteen days in the trenches here, the battalion enjoyed spell of eight days out. week later memorable Battle of the Somme opened with “ every gun a front of twenty-five miles speaking, and speaking without pause.” This battalion of the Gordon* ...

... Gall poli, which has interested 20 many readers, Mr Ma: field now ives us a of the old Pont line as it was ‘when the battle of the Somme out in the how rapid will the of the lend from ite ot ruin in many @ tha; it will be difficult to trace even with maps ...

... who has n fallen in the Great War. He joined up immediately on the outbreak of hostilities, : and took part in the battles of the Somme and Arras. In the latter he was . seriously wounded whilst leading his platoon to the attack, and died the following ...

... eon, Ceeil W. Wilson, of the Berke Yeomanry, who gave hie life for hie country it Bouchevenee, near Parowne, in the battle of the Somme, March 4th, 1917, aged 20. To jive In the hearts of those we love le not to 'lle. theater lore hat hno man thsn that ...

... bullets, repairing the wire by e hich he sends back his directions to the gone. 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 ...

... Keneal Green. The 2nd Lieut., who died on the 17 September. 1916, at the age of 32 yearlb of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme, enlisted in the Inns of Court 0.T.C., in July, 1015, and proeeeded to France tho following March, after receiving a ...

... of the troopers, as it will be remembered, took part in the fighting round the Contalmaison district during the battle on the Somme the * through, wherever the ground in front of our attack offered possibilities for cavalry action. The hoped-for, and ardently ...

... tx . a War in France for two years, and has becu , Zi e t Intria in a military 11;f:qiital l' th n e o re w . in the battles of the Somme and Cam - , She a nurse before the war, Previous to enlistment lie wa 4 , tug been at Guy's Hospital, London. in the ...

... Lincolnshire Regiment. He joined the Army B (toyal Fusiliers Bankers Batt.) in Novem ' her, 1915, and was wounded at the battle on the Somme on September 15th, 1916. Awarded Belgian Medal. We offer our hearty congratulations to Sergt.-Major C. Collison, R.F ...

... native of ‘Cockermouth,” by the Mayor of New-castle. Private Roney participated in the fighting in Gallipoli and in the Battle ‘of the Somme. In a letter 'to his sister he says:— “One of our biggest achievements was the capture of Thiepval, and it was here ...

... Stirling. Sergeant Aitken joined the colours in September, 1914, and was sent to France in January. 1915. took part in the battle of the Somme in August, 1916, and on •oeing his officers killed he took charge of the Gordons u der him, nad fearlessly leading them ...

... every harnij dreaming all the warriors of the world —grew up to be Lieut. Wyndham Tennant, w ho, the eve of the fatal battle of the Somme, wrote to her these lines, eloquent bis race and his upbringing : This is a great day for me. 1 hope I may be worthy ...