... Leave memorial gates where they are AS the 70th anniversary of the battle of the Somme is here, I would urge all ex-service men and women, together with all residents of Rugby, to write once more to their local councillors and to the MP, to ask them to ...

... presented with a commemora uve medalhon for the 70th anniversary of the battle of the Somme. Mr Gordon Drake made the presentation. Mr Emmerson is one of the few survivors of this battle. Mrs J. Drewitt ...

... Claybrook with Wibtoft, 1951-1963. As Rifleman Procter he won the Victoria Cross while serving with the battalion in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On ceasing to be a major unit, its Colours were handed over to the battalion’s successor, the King’'s Company ...

... with the Royal Warwickshires in the first war, and saw action in the front line in France and Belgium, including the Battle of the Somme. He was wounded five times. ...

... 7 TWICE NIGHTLY. 9 Battle of the Somme. Official Picture of the British Army in France, taken by permbsion the War Office, 5,000 feet him, in 5 Parts. Souvenir Programme (in Book Form) One Penny, describing the whole of the Battle Scenes and giving the ...

... Somme warrior dies A man who lost his legs in action at the Battle of the Somme during the First World War, Mr. Walter Sherwood Tallis, of 58 Dunchurch Road, Rugby, died on Saturday at St. Luke's Hospital after a protracted illness. He was 73. Mr. Tallis ...

... o Seriel (Episode 7), GREED. K SISTERS KATHLEEN, ** In Tel Vooel end Dencing Act. MOV. 2Dth, and during the week : BATTLE OF THE SOMME 5 reel*. 5,000 It,, teken nermiaaion of Wer Offion. PICTURES THE BRITISH ARMY FRANCE. RKWARD—The Proprietor of the Empire ...

... % France was the first * person, male or female, » to wear high heels. » THE battle with the * greatest number of mili- : tary casualties was the » first Battle of the Somme in the First World War. 4 1,043,896 soldiers died » of which 419,654 were % British ...

... trade agpnmncesfup but left in August, 1914, for service with the Royal Artillery, being wounded in the foot during the Battle of the Somme in in 1916. On bu# demobilised in Fcbnma. 1916, Mr. Jones returned to the works, completed his apptuucm ip, and then ...

... completed his contract he volunteered for service in the 1914-18 war and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. During the battle of the Somme he was captured, and for the remainder of hostilities was a prisoner of war. On his return he commenced in his old trade ...

... diary which he kept throughout the war years. Mr Hall was one of the first to land at Gallipoli and later fought at the Battle of the Somme. He came out of the war unscathed to set up a solicitors’ business in Regent Place, Rugby. But Mr Hall's association ...

... here in 1894. Both men fought for their country in Flanders during the First World War and both were injured in the Battle of the Somme. Since that time they have devoted much of their lives to serving Rugby's interest. Rugby is indeed proud of men like ...