... with drafts from home, was fighting at Festubert. where on May 16th ' Col.-Sergt. Major Barter wen the V.C. Ire the Battle of the Somme they sustained further losses in the abortive attack of July sth on Mametz Wood, but soon afterwards had - the satisfaction ...

... was seat beck to his unit in the firing line. His health was perfect in 1916, when he sus home on leave, bat in the battle of the Somme he 'severely wounded, and was in a shellhole up to the neck in water, with 67 bleeding shrapnel wounds for 24 hours ...

... 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 ...

... with the result that they sustained heavy casualties. The f!nd Battalion castained some of its severest losses at the Battle of the Somme, where, after successful. but aptly, rciding late in June they took part in the fierce fighting in High Wood. losing ...

... reinforced with drafts f-cm home, was fighting at Festubert where, on May 18, Col.-Sergi.-Major Barter won the V.C. In the Battle of the Somme they sus-' Mines! further in the abortive attack of July 5 on Mameta Wood, but soon afterwards had the satisfaction ...