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... Plumer last Christmas, for conduct in Italy. He carried his wounded colonel out cf the bring line (hiring the first battle of the Somme. He was educated at Acton College. and afterwards wept to the R.V.C., Camden Town. The last local friend to Mee him ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1918
Newspaper: Acton Gazette
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 114 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

wk>fROURNE PARK IiKROI*:

... Westbourite Park Church, and was a diligent teacher in the Westbourne Park Stillday School. He was all through the battle of the Somme (1916) and in the fighting at Thiepval, Arras, Albert, etc. being wounded three times. In April, 1918. hr made the supreme ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1918
Newspaper: Kensington Post
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 288 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GERMAN OFFICIAL

... first to come into Belgium and its record stained with the crimes of Termonde and Louvain. It took part in the first battle of the Somme and in the recent Lys fighting. , Its casualties have been exceedingly heavy. One of the prisoners, a man of considerable ...

Published: Monday 17 June 1918
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 347 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Croydon Officer's Fatal Dash for Liberty. CAPT, WALTER, M.C

... from the stage at places of amusements. He obtained a commission in the autumn of 1914. won the Military Crass in the Battle of the Somme, and wee saptured in the autumn of last year. Mettlicot.t. had previonely escaped from camps in which he had been confined ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1918
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 284 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IW;OVii

... made captain and adjutant in August, and spent the winter in Gallipoli. He went to France in July, 1916, and after the battle of the Somme was given the D.S.O. for fine work at Thiepval. In. January, 1917, he was promoted temporary major, and in March li ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1918
Newspaper: London and China Express
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 321 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

SOME FEATURES OF THE OFFENSIVE: DISCUSSING THE NEW GERMAN TANKS, LONG-RANGE GUNS AND THE USE OF GAS SHELLS

... its mechanism is an open secret. It is known to the Germans, who, indeed, used some examples of it as early as in the Battle of the Somme. Its chief disadvantage is that it rapidly becomes heated, and if firing at high speed is to be maintained, a spare ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1918
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 874 | Page: 6 | Tags: Illustrations 

WOMAN'S SPHERE

... the capture of Vimy Ridge in the first half of the year, through the various phases of the mighty Battle of the Somme, up to the beginning of the Battle of the Ancre in November. A becoming ostrich feather collar to be had in any shade for 41 guineas ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1918
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 972 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

June 22, 1918. foreign service opinion. Prosoects of a Naval Offenslve.-The Berliner May th. recently made by ..

... offensive take place. A Change Indeed !—The German wireless of Juno? 11l who met the British prisoners captured in P the Battle of the Somme were amazed at their arrogance. Their military to them so obvious that ultimate victory for England was only 1 a matter ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1918
Newspaper: Army and Navy Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 828 | Page: 8 | Tags: none