... ever been in the War? Moylan: Yes, 1 was at the front until I was taken prisoner. Where did you win the `'.C.?—At the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Alderman White: It is extraordinary. There is no record of it., V.C.'s are not given away with a pound of tea ...

... Body's 29-year-old charger, will collect for the Royal Veterinary College at hunt gymkhanas. He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme, and has won z i hunt races since the War SOMkt OF, THE DANCERS AT THE ST, DUNSTAN'S BALL, held at Ashford. The Luse ...

... Kitchener’s new armies. By this time had been promoted to the rank of major. After training the battery they took part the battle of the Somme. Later Col. Barrell was invalided home, and then followed period as Chief Instructor of Gunnery Preesheath in Shropshire ...

... Carter. widow of Company-Sergt.- Major Nelson Victor Carter, 12th Hatt. Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme, 1916. Mrs. Carter left home about 720 p.m. -en Sunday. On her return at 8 o'clock was unable to unlatch the door. /fearing ...

... please a few ferocious people roaming Eon** to-day. Councillor Bass said that he was reported killed in the second battle of the Somme. Officially he was dead (441. n year, at the end of which time Army—which by then he had left—pail him £1 which it owed ...

... Wounded in the Somme Captain Parish served in the Great War in the artillery, and was wounded in the first battle of the Somme. He recovered, however, and was subsequently appointed Reconnaissance Officer of the 7th Corps Heavy Artillery, with whom again ...

... lin. South Staffordshire Regt., attached 2tiit [ln. Lincolnshire Regt., killed iu action near Le Transloy, during the Battle of the Somme, on October 23rd, 1916, aged 22 years.— Per ardua ad astra.''—M. Akhurst. affectionate remembrance ot our dear Mother ...

... he was aroused. Gibbs said that he met a couple wartime pals whom he had not seen for 20 years, in fact, since the battle of the Somme. is my first time in trouble,” he added. The case was dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act ...

... dignity, loyalty, liberty and honour, Great Britain and Franc:, should march hand-in-hand as on the first day of the Battle of the Somme commanders of EnglLsh and French battalions did. . . . General Dufleux spoke admiringly of the method and tenacity ...

... round the Ypres salient. including the first gas attack of the Germans, and suffered heavily. BATTLE OF THE SOMME The next great fighting was the battle of the Somme, in which the Ist Hants, with other troops, were given the task of forcing B-antoont Hamel ...

... 3rd Batt. South Staffordshire Regiment., attached 2nd Batt. Lincolnshire Regiment, killed near Le Transloy during the Battle of the S•omme, on October 23rd, 1916. aged 22 years. Per ardua ad adAtl4. 715 ever-loving remembrance of .or darling daughter. ...

... 1915, the Royal Fusiliers tsnil went to France. He served thcre until the opening of the battle of the Somme. Then things began Is happen to him, and it is a wonder that he ever lived to come to Eastreigh. His story was told to a Harnpshire Advertiser ...