... in France—where he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery at Loosand he was given a field commission during the Battle of the Somme. Discharged with the rank of Captain in 1918, he joined the Indian Army, and served briefly in the Middie East, also ...

... Sandy was never to receive his sword, nor Bob the reward for gallantry for which he was recommended. He died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. His death, except to his family, was of small consequence. He was only a number in that vast total of more ...

... the end of world war one, and was wounded five times. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre medal for his part in the Battle of the Somme. After the war he returned to his native north-east, and joined Aberdeen City Police. He and his wife then settled in ...

... tossing the caber. In the 1914-18 War, he served as a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers and was severely wounded at the ‘battle of the Somme. In the last ‘war he was an officer in the Home 'Guard. g g 1 A member of the Stonehaven Freemason Lodge. Mr Shepherd ...

... appeal. The city's old buildings are all the more amazing because it was badly damaged in both world wars, caught in the battles of The Somme in the First and in the path of the invading Nazis in the Second. ...