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WELSH FI7SILIERS ROLL OF DEAD. (;R EAT WAR RECORD

... with i drafts from home, was fighting at Fes-1 tubert, where on May 16th, Col.-Sgt Major Barter won the V.C. In the Battle of the Somme they sustained further I losses in the abortive attack o( July sth on l'ilametz Wood, but afterwards had I the satisfaction ...

Published: Friday 20 May 1921
Newspaper: Flintshire County Herald
County: Flintshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1148 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

gUCCESSOR

... Licht In- kin. officiating. fantry, and was very severely wounded in the Outing.—Through the kindness of Mr Evan first battle of the Somme in 1916. He was Evans, Garth Villa, whose generosity towards afterwards in charge of work companies in the. Pion Baptist ...

Published: Thursday 28 June 1923
Newspaper: Welsh Gazette
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 357 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ON LAVINGTON COURT

... war he was Military Direztor of cinematograph operations on the Western Front. Among his well-known 111rns was 'The Battle of the Somme. After the war he was attached to the British Embassy at Washington and afterwards returned to India. C .- • weu. GEr ...

Published: Thursday 05 December 1929
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 494 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

WOMEN TEACHERS AT CHESTER. THEPREMIER THANKED

... forget the heroes and heroides of peace. We have had the releasing of war films on certain days. Ifons,Ypres,' and 'The Battle of the Somme '—all of them released on Armistice Day, which is supposed to be celebrated as a clay of peace. The effect of this has ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1928
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 498 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE FIFTH ARMY

... thii Prism Minister and his words. Let me remind you of the facts. On March 214, 1918, there began the seoond great battle of the Somme. For us it was almost the beginning of the end. During the few days following March 21s1 Germany came nearer to winning ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1922
Newspaper: Welsh Gazette
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 458 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BRONANT

... interrupted when the war broke out, and he joined the R.A.M.C. He served in France and Salonica, and was wounded in thc battle of the Somme. Following his discharge. he completed his Oleologicai course, and Shen spent over five years in the pastorate of Hermon ...

Published: Thursday 29 January 1925
Newspaper: Welsh Gazette
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CARDIGANSHIRE LEADER DEATH IN HIS 87th

... Ffoerhydygaled (daughter). Mr. Cyril Morrie Davies, who joined up as a ranker with the Warwicks, was killed in the Battle of the Somme, in June, 1916, having attained the rank of captain. Mr. Morris Davies was a Conservative and Churchman and took great ...

Published: Tuesday 05 March 1929
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 494 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

NEW QUAY

... bcfore the war, and when hostilities broke out be joined the famous Wel-h Ouards, who suffered so severely in the battle of the Somme. PC. Price himself was severely wounded, and for a long tints his life was despaired of. The bride was a faithful member ...

Published: Thursday 29 November 1923
Newspaper: Welsh Gazette
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 420 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... officers and 244 men wounded, and 137 men missing. At the battle of the Somme, July 4-5, they scored a most valuable initial success at low cost. At Basentin and High Wood, in that same battle, they had nearly 400 casualties. And so the story goes ou ...

Published: Thursday 24 February 1927
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 581 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

!in EIPMZIS Orrta, TIVSISAT

... Vistioant, Lasslles is a young man with a magniSeest record in the war. Thrice wounded, be' wen high distinction in the battle of the Somme. holds the D.S.O. with bar, and the French Croix de Guerre. Moreover he is worth two millions, a triSe not to be despised ...

Published: Saturday 26 November 1921
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 619 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

OF PILKEM

... in finding working parties in the surrounding woods. BATTLE OF SOMME ENDS. And now, after sit inunth4 severe fighting in trench warfare, which had become thoroughly established, the Battle of the Somme hail at hist come to an end. Th e British were three ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1920
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 2687 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

IN SISMORIAM. FRY.—In Loving Memory Pte. Henry Pp (Royal Mantle:lW. only beloved son M.' and Mrs. C. Fry. k of

... REEVES.-1n I..oving Memory of Second-lieut. Harry Charles Reeves, 2nd Batt. Welch Regiment. killed In action in the Battle of the Somme. Aiurust 25th. 1916, aged years. only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Reeves , 34, Neville-street, Cardiff (formerly 4..tratar• ...

Published: Friday 25 August 1922
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 501 | Page: 1 | Tags: none