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The Late Major G. Button

... Division. On the outbreak of the 1914-18 war he proceeded to France with the Battalion. He was through the Retreat from Mons and served with the 80th all through the war, being one of the very few who did so. During the war he obtained his commission for service ...

Published: Friday 18 June 1954
Newspaper: Lichfield Mercury
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 485 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

books

... always employed on of the aid industry andte; work at Kingsbury a when the pits were still privately owned. He In Africa during World War II and was arrtied . ti, Military Medal. ...

Published: Saturday 15 May 1976
Newspaper: Rugeley Times
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 52 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TALES OF ACTION

... complicated love story doss not spoil the sea-adventure. There another rescue in PATROL TO BENGHAZI, another Landsborough North Africa war yarn; a wounded general, who knows all the Alamein pans, has to be rescued from a Tobruk prison hospital and certain i ...

Published: Tuesday 12 May 1959
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 445 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Mandela gets

... Mandela gets ‘ ’ : war war mn% ANC leader Nelson Mandela wound up a triumphant three-day election roadshow in the right-wing heartland of the Orange Free State. 4 But in th~ conservative town Lichtenburg in the Western Transvaal a white neo-Nazi leader ...

Published: Monday 07 February 1994
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 58 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

STAMP STORY

... the set, are three Super VC-10s. The joint postal administration was established by the British authorities in East Africa before the war, despite the varying status of the three territories at that time. Kenya ranked as a British colony, Uganda was a ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1967
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 73 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

An .o •lom

... in 1917 %Own in France: • _ _ - He joined the 3rd Kin in 1909 at :he 18 and posted. tc Africa. When war 1914 he transferro battle front. After being injured the war. he Ina the Military Mounted and was attached to t Division when *coral .the Croixcle ...

Published: Friday 14 August 1964
Newspaper: Staffordshire Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 168 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

motion on arms

... contribute our share, as far as possible. In time of war the Republic of South Africa. wrh its industrial potential and a.r facilities. will be of mayor importance to the West. He said South Africa WAR building up her defence force to guarantee—as far as ...

Published: Saturday 11 July 1970
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 514 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

Founder

... was a founderworker at the Henley sorting office and apart from seven years with the RAF—including service in North Africa during the war —has lived in Wootton Wawen all his life. He is married with one son and is looking forward to spending his retirement ...

Published: Friday 12 March 1982
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

PASSING OF BOER WAR

... at Derby. From there he volunteered for service in the Boer War and was drafted out to South Africa. and up to the time of his death he was a member of the local branch of the South Africa War Veterans' Association. After demobilisation, Mr. Bull coin- ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1961
Newspaper: Burton Observer and Chronicle
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 501 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Clifton and Newton

... North Road, who died iS, hediped ohn, a engineer, ved in Clifton since 1960 with his wife Marrret He served in North Africa uring the war and also worked abroad in Turkey, Nigeria (where he met his wife) and Kuwait. ~He played a leading r.nf in the l(r ...

Published: Thursday 24 September 1987
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

SUNDAY

... of Macbeth in only three weeks during 1948. Raid on Rommel— Stars Richard Burton. In North Africa during World War 11, a British officer releases prisoners of war and leads them in an assault on Tobruk. Released in 1971. ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1982
Newspaper: Rugeley Times
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 82 | Page: 16 | Tags: none