... youngest brother, second lieutenant in the Gordons, was killed in action at Delville Wood on July 18, 1916, in the first battle of the Somme. SCOTTISH MINERS AND THE COAL CONTROLLER. The Executive Committee of the National Union of Scottish Mine Workers met ...

... iu-law. Jack and IVd. LITTII.-111 lovin reniembtaDee iii Corp!. A. V. Little. Conadial Rifle.. who fell in ROO, at the battle of the Somme. September lb. 1916. Sleep no. dear Albert, sad tasthy lo. Our hearts ar• sere who loved Fee Two years have pained In ...

... nearly two years ;* he disappeared at the end of August, 19 1 16, when 'the failure.of the great Battle of Verdun had been sealed in the Battle of the Somme, and the lesson had been driven. home by the intervention of Rumania. General von Ludendorff now ...

... exhibitions. M.P.’s RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY Captain Charles Craig, M.P., who was wounded and made prisoner July, 1916, the Battle of the Somme, returned the House Commons yesterday, and was heartily congratulated members of all parties his release. tie appeared ...

... on that the obstacle was overcome' and the position captured. Richardson's gallant action was performed during the battle of the Somme, and he has been officially presumed dead since October 9, 1916. For superb deeds of valour the V.C. has also been awarded ...

... the tank is a life-saver, and to it has been mainly due the very striking difference between our losses in the first battle of the Somme and the third, which Sir Douglas Haizg opened with his brilliant surprise attack on Aungust gth. . . . The expenditure ...

... more striking relief. The first battle was touch-and-go business, and there is no doubt that the personal and encouragement of ,Sir Douglas Haro was great factor in deciding the stupendous issue. The battle of the Somme, in which the Ulster Division d ...

... father. He was 28 years e.ge. and had been on servwfe for two and half years. He was invalided home after the 1916 battle of the Somme. Mrs M Parlane. Springhill Road, Shotts, received intimation that her husband. Private Georg© Parlane, of the Canadian ...

... land. RoiXASoy.—ln loving remembrance of Pte. 11. Ro'dason, who resided at 25, Swan Street, Coventry, killed in the Battle of the Somme the 23rd of October, 1916. We always think of you, dear dad, And often speak your name; There nothing left answer But ...

... the Gslway Exprees. The Hey gentleman's brother, Limit H P Fisher, Shropshire Light lotantry, was killed in the battle of the Somme, end his younger brother, Limit Kenneth L Fishsy Machine Gun Corps, Ism been fighting Francs for the past eighteen months ...

... could be retained. The re battalions further south, in of La Beselle and Owvillers, in action also, the first we the Battle of the Somme equally well upheld the ment’s honour. Then n tember they shared in the Division’s triumph at Gu leading the way in ...

... The regular battalion: further south in 'front of l.a Boiselle and OviHers were in action also the first %reek of the Battle of the Somme and equally it'dl uphtad the rtili-111clit'S honour. in Stptunber they shared in thy lrislt triumph at leading the way ...