... remember— 7 was heard on every hand as these ex-Service men talked Oiler old times at Reading. on Salisbury Main. the battle Of the Somme and at Arras behind the lines. It Wee not until twelve years after the Annuities that one two old ft.Z.'s thought of ...

... include a musical' fantasy depicting the gradual evolution of the Amerman plantation song. Dixie, and a musical The Battle of the Somme, compiled and arranged by Mr. A. W. Selth, of the Victoria Rifles, and with special effects by Messrs. C. T. Brock ...

... France, and was wounded at the battle of Neuve Chapelle. In 1915 be was given command of a brigade in the Ypres salient, and a year later was placed in command of the 34th Division. He took part in the battle of the Somme, helped to oppose the German advance ...

... Hell Pint Corner and when we got there we rode hell.' (Laughter.) He recalled that before going into action at the battle of the !Somme be had under him 4,1500 men who were not St to hold a ride. They were brave fellows and had the .Writ but not the physique ...

... is the son of clergyman. He enlisted August sth, 1914, and lost his right hand as the result a wound received in the Battle of the Somme in July, 1916. Afterwards was a master at Eastbourne School, and later curate Eastbourne Parish Church. From to 1931 ...

... rank of sergeant. Mr. Pilkington received commission in the same regiment. was wounded in the arm and shoulder in the Battle of the Somme. July. 1916. and had to have his right hand amputated. was discharged from the Army in September, 1917. lie then assistant ...

... lost their youngest son. Scrgt. Horace Halter. 9th Hants, during the Great War. 11 , died of wounds received at the Battle of the Somme. They suffered another bereavement in :928. when their youngest daughter died. All four of their sons served in the ...

... present building, while she gave the equipment of the operating theatre as a memorial to her son, who was killed at the Battle of the Somme. In 1921 she persuaded the Bed Cross to station an imbalance at Havant under their Home Service Ambulance scheme, and ...

... Fortification (S.M.E., at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He servi in France from 1915 to 1920, being present at the Battle of the Somme, and in many other engagements. From 1929 to 1928 he was Officer in Charge of Royal Engineers’ Stores in the Portsmout ...

... was handed to the winners Sir Madden. Then followed an hour of music by the »««*« which included musical scene, “The Battle of the Somme.’’ ammesd Mr A W. Selth, Queen Victoria Rifles. The climax was firework display Meam Brocks, and the tattoo ended with ...

... Academy. Woolwich. TM Late CAPT. C. E. ILASTIIIIIHOOK, He served in France from 1915 to 1990. being present at the Battle of the Somme, and in many other engagements. From 1990 to 1928 he was Officer in Charge of Royal Engineers' Stores in the Portsmouth ...

... French Leave. the famous rtime comedy which Reginald Berkeley wrote while invalided behind the lines during the battle of the Somme. is callsing a constant ripple of laughter at the Connaught •theatre this week. The author was a brigade major of the ...