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ENDERBY

... age. joined the Leicester Howitaere in June, 1915, and proce•ded with the brigade to France. He was present at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, afterwards being transferred to the R.E. He had been in the employ of the Enderby and Stoney Stanton Granite ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Journal
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 164 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CASUALTIES

... tffeot that Is a prisoner of war Germany. dieting 1916, went to the front with the Ulster Division and took part in ths battle the Somme. Prior to so{(•ting ha was tbe employment of the Braidwater Weaving F*otory. His brother, John Harbison, la serving (be ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1918
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 626 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... done by the Canadians in the Ypres salient is carried on in the present volume by an account of what they did in the battle of the Somme . The book tells how the Canadians took Courcelette , and tho narrative rises ' eloquently in answer to the call of ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1918
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2139 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

... sjecond-Lleutenant. 7th Koval Dublin Fusiliers (attached 2nd Royal Irish Rlfles . Killed action, 9th October, 1916. the Battle of the Somme, fna. Interred near Poeteres. France. Aged 22 years. Faithful unto death.’ The unveiling ceremony was performed the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1139 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Watching Perth Academy Sports. From left to right —J. H. Dlxsn, Pitlochry, Perth Bey Scents’ Cnmmlsstensr; ..

... Loo doc Gaxette Saturday. Captain Henderson obtained speedy promotion Tank. Corps Commandant, and was engaged in the battle of the Somme, in which Tanks wem first uesd. Since then, hat experienced many hainbresdth escapes, and was. only once slightly wounded ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1918
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1524 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CHURCH WORK IN WAR. TIME

... in the Black Watch The war had brought into England and into consequence of injuries in the battle of English minds and souls a new conception the he Somme. of the dignity of service, the service At) Woolwich Police Court, on Tuesda> commonwealth, the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1918
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2023 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TUNBRIDGE WELLS

... their King ami Country, whilst fourth has made the supreme sacrifice, having been killed on the September. 1916, in the Battle of the Somme. The eldest son, Robert Stuart Children, a Gunner in the H.A.C.. is present in Hospital England. Arthur Edward Children ...

Di F lIIITILY lINGLIIIN,

... Howitzers in June. 1915 awl wont to Probes with the hrlitade. with which be Dorset, so banslardirr. writste in ills battle of the Somme in Mit. Prior to enliantera t ne was an asairtant stasager at Chu itioarriee of the &derby and Weary 4tatthy. tirenho ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1918
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2633 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE WESTERN MORNING NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918

... the tanks were used in the battle on the Somme, but some of our men were inclined to la at Gaines, He, tor Sale the feeble. imitation. An eminent mili MOTORS for SALE, various sizes, and Allan, authority, who was at the battle of Amiens Glasgow, Telegrams ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1918
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 3760 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

There will be No Reserve. 3216:

... becoming a private in the Cardiff 'Pals Battalion. He was eventually gasetted a lieutenant, and took part in the battle of the 'Somme in July, 11116, and was wounded. After recovering from his wound he was transferred to the Machine Gan Corps, and returned ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1918
Newspaper: Glamorgan Gazette
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 4280 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MOBS LOCAL HONOUBB. and Adjutant R. X. lf f.o.o, «Im> mentioned Sir D. Haig'a despatch April 7, k (he ekleei

... called'up in the August. Promoted corporal 19, went France May 28, 1910. and was wounded Ypres 1917. went through all the battles, the and Somme. Before the war was employed Southall and Smith, engineers. Villa Cobpl. H. G. BXktov. Hockley. Private L. Wikon, ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1918
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 258 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WAR CASUALTIES

... Laocaster) Regiment in October, 1914, and went out France in July, 1915 served Ypces, and took part iu all the principal battles on the Somme, and later was the taking of Messiuea Ridge. He was mentioned in despatches in 1916, and was awarded the Military Cross ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1918
Newspaper: Diss Express
County: Norfolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 670 | Page: 5 | Tags: none