... The Battle of the Somme. On zero day the Sheffield batteries formed the Field Artillery in support of the 36th (Ulster Division). Left and right of them, the attacking divisions were held up. suffering huge losses. The Ulsters, however, got on well, ...

... machines were ordered from them on 5 April, 191 t», which number subsequently increased to The tanks which took part the battle of the Somme were all made, either at Fosters’ work* at T.incoln or the Metropolitan Carriage Company, from Sir William Trit ton’s ...

... Munitions Inventions Deportment a design for a tank which would do 15 miles «n hour. The Chairman: This happened after the battle of the Somme, and La« relation this inquiry. Mr. further stated that Mar hie found people who wore ready back his oiunion and build ...

... gs for peace. In the course inspiring address th© Rev. F. J. O’Kell said the battle of the Somme would stand out as a great triumph for England's citizen army. To the Somme was attached a glory which would never di© long as English history was studied; ...

... ions, the report says, have taken into account not merely the precise class of tanks which weut into action at the battle of the Somme, but also any modified or improved classes of tanks which mav fairlv be considered to result from the normal development ...

... to 1916, referring to a personal queetion, said: was charged with the wanton waste of men entrusted command at the Battle of the Somme. I repudiate that charge with indignation. The measures taken which led this loss were either in opposition to repr ...

... After serving in Egypt and France Uie was wounded on the City Battalion’s great 'day, July Ist, 1916, in the first battle of the Somme. Since then he has been attached to the srd York and Lancaster Regiment. He is the •on of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ingold ...

... affectionate memory of Pte. William Goodyear. Coldstream Guards, the dearly-loved Lucy Gopdyear. killed in actiou September Battle of the Somme. To memory ever dear, and great.y missed. NELL.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother Pte. H. Nell. K.0.Y.L.1 ...

... It wa.- regarded as one tho verv first fighting divisions in France. It was the battle of the Somme, whore it shared the glories and losses of Bullecourt, In tho firut battle Cambrai it made a great name for itself. Last year it was specially mentioned ...

... SOLDIERS. tLD FEDERATED AREA) SECOND ANNUAL UNITED CHURCH PARADE SUNDAY. JULY 6th. of above Federation. who fell the Battle of the Somme, 1916. Federation Members are requested to parade Queen Street, bottom Paradise Street, 2.15 p.m. prompt. The Service ...

... Lieutenant in March, 1915, and two months later became Captain and Adjutant. In 1916 went to France and took part in the Battle of the Somme, being with the same division the Sheffield City Battalion. Promoted major July. 1916, he was afterwards transferred ...

... things which ail politicians, though not the public, knew in that year of tra.gic disappointments. When 1917 dawns, the battle of the Somme, in which the British reported 420,000 casualties and the French about half that number, while the Germans suffered ...