... Westminster on Ada Burke (47), widow, of Mercer-st., Long Acre, who died suddenly, that her only son was killed in the Battle of the Somme 2 years ago, when he won the Military Medal, and that she had never held her Lead up since the bereavement. ...

... Egypt iu August. There he fought the Turks, and returned to Frame early in the spring of 1916. Ile took part in the battle of the Somme and in all subsequent engagements. . W Whilst un lenve in December, 1916, he married, and the voting widow is left to ...

... thrice changed hands since the battle of the Somme. The grave, says the sergeant, is well kept and bears a wooden cross which is a German inscription, the literal translation of which is; Here rests he who m air battle on the ard November, 1916, was ...

... baa thrice changed hands emce the list battle of the Somme. The grave, Mays the sergeant, w well: kept, and bears wooden crocs, winch German inscription, of which the literal traadation it: Here rests who, air battle on the 3rd November, 1916, _ brought ...

... Service, and was afterwards trans fermi to the I.lth London Kensington'a after his arrival in France. Following the Battle of the Somme in 1918, he was sent home for a commission, and sueeeeded in securing first place out of 130 candidates at the final ...

... CHAPLAIN Drawn by ;VISITING HIS “PARISH.” LIBERATED BY THE GREAT ADVANCE ON THE SOMME: ,hmgS • aU 11,13 fiehfnc, T.ritts Mr. H. Perry Robinson, account of the new Battle of the Somme, is the way it thrills one with memories of ~16. W. come mto possessmn and ...

... July, 1915, he passed into Sandhurst, and was granted a commission at the end.of the year. He took part in the first Battle of the Somme, where he was wounded. On recovery he rejoined his “home battalion, and was subsequently attached to the M.G.C., the ...

... frro ! • Wilts battalion, with which he • MI. Lord Alexander. who was .m.k•-:•.! In 1917, was twice wounded. Jul% . Battle of the Somme, and la.ot April. The Mayor of 13:.th iflt. Pre•tM K assuring Lord Bath nf his .mn deepest mutt, said the sad news over ...

... and volunteered for France with a draft, to bring the I/Bth up to its full complement. He served from the battle of Loos to the battle of the Somme, subsequently returning to England to take up a tommission. He was gazeited to the Flying Corps some twelvo ...

... that time several films were presented that ran consecutively tor months—in one case totalling a year's run—and the Battle of the Somme, exhibited for short runs evervw here else, remained on view at the Scala tor twentyone weeks. Practically no film ...

... little from shell-fire, and although the artificially flooded area south of the Scarpe and the southern fringe of the old Somme battle-ground are so bad as to be largely impas.sable, vet between these wide limits the going is still feasible, even though ...

... order to prepare for future inroads into the Hindenburg defensive quern. According to this journal, the methods of the battle of the Somme in 1916 may be effectively ►enewed, with the difference that infantry will not precede the march, but that the land ...