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BATTLE OF SOMME IN FIREWORKS

... BATTLE OF SOMME IN FIREWORKS WHAT will the harvest be ? That is what the officials of the Walsall Carnival and Fete are now busy ascertaining, following upon Saturday's revelries. The Carnival Committee, officials, Town Council and all sections the public ...

Published: Monday 01 September 1930
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 942 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

UNVEILING CEREMONY

... memory of Major Cecil Wedgwood, first Mayor of the Federated Borough of Stoke-on-Trent, who was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme on 3 July, 1916. Before leaving Stoke the Princess paid a visit to the Pageant. ...

Published: Tuesday 20 May 1930
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 65 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

TWO NNW SILLS

... be rung will he the annual parade to-morrow of the Bth Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in commemoration of the Battle of the Somme. The origin of the bells of Aston is tort In the mists of antiquity, as Is that of the foundation of the church Itself ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1935
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 136 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LEGION GREETING

... dignity, loyalty, liberty, and honour,” he said. ‘‘Great Britain and France should march hand hand as they did at the Battle of the Somme.” The French had a great admiration for the enormous military and economic push which Great Britain had undertaken. ...

Published: Saturday 13 May 1939
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 117 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE sth AND THE Oh

... were on their way to take positions near Portland. In March. 1915. the sth and 6th distinguished themselves at the Battle of the Somme. Later the battalions were moved to the Italian front, where they withstood the Austrian attack. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 April 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 139 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

NEARLY STARVED

... NEARLY STARVED He was in the Battle of the Somme and was taken prisoner by the Germans at Deh•ide Wood. After nearly starving !inn and his fellow-prisoners, the Germans ordered them to work down a coal-mine. As this would have meant helping their enemies ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1932
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 145 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AFTER TIM WAR

... Darlington, where they met during the war, and were married in 1916, after Mr. Watson had been badly wounded in the battle of the Somme. CHILDREN BARRED. Justices' Rule for A Films Upheld. An appeal brought by the Burlington Cinema Co., of Vauxhall-road ...

Published: Friday 10 April 1931
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 154 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

POULTRY

... Redemption given at thirtyfourth Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival. 181 1 2. Turkey declared war on Roumania, 1916. Battle of the Somme. 8. Strike ef London Police Force, 191$1 ...

Published: Thursday 30 August 1934
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 141 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WAR SERVICE

... the Worcester's. and on one occasion was instrumental with his company in breaking up a German attack. He was in the. battle of the Somme and was awarded the N.C. He was an observer in the H.F.C., and left with the rank of captain. He was In no trouble, ...

Published: Friday 20 March 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 178 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MAINTAINING FRIENDSHIPS

... cost of old and tried friendships. In our official history of the war It Is recorded that on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, opposite Montauban to the south of where we now stand, the lines of the French and British Armies Joined, and the ...

Published: Tuesday 02 August 1932
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 221 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Exclusive Honour

... remember once reading a brief statement that It was awarded for out' standing bravery in the attack dunng the second Battle of the Somme,. George is now In publicity buil' nem representing a well-known trade journal A Skid Club I HAPPE%ED to meet Mr. ...

Published: Tuesday 15 November 1938
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 194 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DAY BY DAY

... shrill whistle. Then he climbs up the ladder at a run, his men following It is the opening of the long and terrible Battle of the Somme t • ,./.. 1 7- I . J • • 4 A 34. mt. Hon tired and dirty I feel. - exclaimed J mho when they left Mrs. Hippo tat behind ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1933
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 8 | Tags: none