... Sherwood Foresters in November, 1914. He went to France in February, 1916, and was wounded on July 1 of that year, at the battle of the Somme., on which occasion he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and leadership. He returned to France ...

... Huekerby, 33, Devonshire Street, cm; bold Moor. father, Pte. William Hnekerby, Sherwood Foresters. was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Enlisting in the Sherwood Foresters on .he outbreak of war, rgt. Hnekerb37 22 Tears of agn and used to at Bond's ...

... in Kent. En listing Corpl. W. MARTIN. in 1914, he went out to France in the latter part of 1915. He took part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He gat wounded in July of the same year by shrapnel in the left foot.. He went out to France again at the beginning ...

... Knight, said prisoner joined the Army in 1914, stating that he was 18, although he was under that age. He fought in the battle of the Somme, and was one of five out of 500 who came out alive. He was wounded in the neck, causing paralysis of the righ arm, and ...

... the R.F.A., was award the Milita in May, 1916 (the first to be issu to anyone in Derbyshire), and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. When the ’bus drew up in Vicar lane, Marshall walked down the middle of the ueue, waving his arms, and pushed him own ...