... together his old nucleus veterans and ‘ ‘Kitchener's Army,” he had to go to the relief of the French by fighting the Battle of the Somme. As Col. epington reminds us, July Ist, 1916, was the bloodiast da y in British military his- tory. The left half of ...

... Despatch Runner — one of the most trying and dangerous duties of the British Tommy. I took a very active part in the Battles of the Somme, Messines, Ypres and Cambrai, and was fortunate enough to have the Military Medal bestowed upon me for my work as a ...