... w W . This week marks the conclusion of the second year of the War. Since the battle of the Somme began thirteen months ago the British and French have captured 170,000 German officers and men, 946 guns, 760 trench makers and 2500 machine guns; forced ...

... to Rosendael, Mr Stirling had enlisted in the Black Watch in 1904 and served in the first Wesld War. Wounded in the battle of the Somme and again at Neuve Chapelle, he was unfit for front-line service and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He served ...

... It's the picture of my brother, a soldier young and gay Who fell upon the battlefield on a bright October day The battle of the Somme it was, That fierce and bloody fray, That took from many husbands dear And brothers young and gay He was my childhood’s ...

... are thrown up in a sharp, unausual light, FOR FATHER ¢«The Somme’ by A.H. Farrar- Hockley (Batsford 30s), in the illustrated British Battles series, is a brilliant study of the Battle of the Somme, the events which led up to it, the controversial personalities ...

... in March, ‘1915 and both Battalions fought in the ‘battles of Neuve Chapelle and Festu‘bert. In February, 1916, the battalions were amalgamated and later took part in the terrible battles of the Somme and Ypres. On general mobilisaticn of the army in 1939 ...