... devotion to duty in volunteering to lead a raid in broad daylight on July 4th.” Lieutenant Dacre, who was wounded the Battle of the Somme, is the Conservative and Unionist agent for Spen Valley, and is a native Leeds. ...

... Ulsters Fallen Brave. Yesterday being the second anniversary of the charge of the Ulster Division at the opening battle of the Somme, wreaths were placed in front of Belfast City Hall by the Mayoress and other ladies in memory of the men who lost their ...

... SOMME ANNIVERSARY. IMPRESSIVE SERVICE SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL. A service was held at the Sheffield Cathedral last night in memory of the men of the Sheffield battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, who fell in the battle of the Somme, July Ist, 1916. This ...

... ground that has been taken from it during an offensive that in prtigress. These distinctions arc not hard and fast- Our Battle of the Somme, for example, was in a sense a counter-offensive, for one its main purposes was to relieve the pressure on Verdun. Again ...

... gigantic battle in the West: ft will come and It must come. The only doubt on the subject whether the necessary strateg:ftl preparations have been brought to such a point that the next attack will be a main blow. or wh.'thpr further preparatory battles an necessary ...

... long tame post, a superiority the sir the front, but nave always Had to fight hard for and it lias nover, since the battle of the Somme, been great superiority. bring down more enemy's aeroplanes than brings down ours, which means that has greater diffioultiea ...

... the church parade service at Sheffield Cathedral, yesterday morning, to commemorate those who gave their lives in the battle of the Somme on July Ist, 1916. Ho was speaking to 550 men, heroes one and all, who had risked their lives in the service of their ...

... Expedi- tionary Force, who had been awarded the | Military Medal for bravery in the First ! Battle of the Somme, and a har to the | medal in the Second Battle of the Somme, | was received by his mother. — Sergean Harry White, K.O.Y.L.1. (Territorial), | the ...

... Id;e. who was killed March 26th, had fougnt, together with has father, Pte. James HHI, R.F.C., several fronts, and the battle of the Somme, where the father was wounded. Previous to enlisting in Nov., 1914, the late Pte. John Hill was baker at the Junction ...

... to France, remaining in that country and Belgium for 18 months. He took part in various engagements, including the battle of the Somme. He was then sent Italy, where ho was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service in the field. His next move ...

... the country more than Yorkshire, and the West Riding in particular, will the second anniversary ot the opening the Battle of the Somme observed with greater pride and mourning. The First ot July, 1010, was day of glorious. 11 tragic vial for the county's ...

... and Ma. BRAMFOOT—In proud and loving memory of my dear brother, Prte. Harry Bram- foot, of Stanley, who fell in the Battle of the Somme, July ist, 1916, aged 19 “Greater love hath no man than this.” BRETTON = In loving memory of Pvte. Arthur Bretton, who ...