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Battle of Somme Service

... Battle of Somme Service the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, the Mayor of Barnsley (Alderman T. W. Richardson), accompanied by members and officers of the Corporation, yesterday attended the annual memorial service Locke Park for the fallen the ...

Air Vice-Marshal Bromet, who is 52, and a native of •S. in the last war, having

... Tadcaster, entered the R.N A. learned to fly at Brooklands. He won the D.SO. for leading his fighter squadron into the Battle of the Somme. The first U-boat sunk by an Azores-based aircraft was destroyed by Fortress within two weeks of our forces beginning ...

WORLD OF

... WORLD OF the Battle of the Somme, the chalk ridge rising from the valley burst into unbroken line of smoke and fire, and it was up that ridge and into the furnace beyond that many a Northern battalion plunged to Its lasting fame and grievous loss. To ...

In Mernotiam UNDIMIWOOO.—In ever-loving memory of our dear and only son, Corporal Harry Underwood list Bradford ..

... dear and only son, Corporal Harry Underwood list Bradford Palai. 18th West Yorks. Rest. Pell In action July lat. 1916. Battle of the Somme. Pother. Mother. and Bans. 1 WALMSLIY.—In ever-loving memory of Lance-corporal Arthur Walrusley. tat Bradford Pals. ...

Published: Tuesday 01 July 1941
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 56 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS Crete And Tobruk Like Last War.—Zurich. Saturea:• The battles of Crete ac. Tobruk are comparable ..

... LATEST NEWS Crete And Tobruk Like Last War.—Zurich. Saturea:• The battles of Crete ac. Tobruk are comparable their intensity to battles of last war, according to well-inforn::::. circles in German capital. quoted by Berlin vorrespordent of Neue Zuercher ...

Published: Saturday 24 May 1941
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 68 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

).LA member 1916 REMEM..-- of the 190 British Army watching men who fought, in the war marching to the Bradford

... watching men who fought, in the war marching to the Bradford Cenotaph yesterday for their service to --mnerisonte the Battle et the Somme. Milk, . . -WP 1 • ~ , ._..3101-.. 1 . _ . . . , .. 1 1 , -..„ / ~ , ..,,,. ~,,„ ' ! I I* 4 i6r f , ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 130 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Bradford Tribute to

... Bradford yesterday to commemorate the Battle of the Somme which took such a heavy toll of West Riding men. A service at the cenotaph was conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Kay, with an address given by the Rev. Cecil D. Eades. ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1946
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... .,;,/ «>«'/,/^,MWi/,«.«'. ; w//.' i Twenty-lour years have passed since the Leeds Pals went into action in the Battle ot the Somme on July 1, 1916, but the comradeship of those days has been kept alive. This group, which includes Mr. O. Cosby, Col ...

IN SOMME BATTLE

... IN SOMME BATTLE He commanded a battery for a , time in the Battle of the Somme and was promoted acting-major. In 1918 he was awarded the M.C. He returned to practice in 1919. and in the 1923 and 1924 General Elections he unsuccessfully the Barnsley Division ...

Published: Saturday 11 July 1942
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 90 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FATE OF M.P

... torpedoed by a U-boat, had been Conservative M.P. for the Wrekin Division of Shropshire since 1931. He fought in the Battle of the Somme and served on the staff of the Third and Fourth Armies in the Great War and attained the rank of major. After the war ...

Published: Monday 23 September 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A Part to Play

... their first commanding officer, the late Earl Feversham, that splendid a unit was created. The Earl was killed the Battle of the Somme, but they were proud tliat his son. the present Earl, was himself the commander of a famous regiment, the 13/18 Hussars ...