... the war during which he served with the sth Cameron Highlanders. He spent two years in France, and was gassed at the Battle of the Somme. ...

... Sun. New series our nearest neighbours in — the planets. 8.00 LIONS LED BY DONKEYS. The Battle of the Somume. Some of the remaining survivors of the Battle of the Somme, now in their nineties, tell their remarkable stories. 9.00 UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS.| 10 ...

... of Earn to join the battalion and was in the cook-house for a while before returning to France.” SOMME BATTLE Mr Sim was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and although it was not too serious, he was again sent home. In 1917 he was sent to Egypt ...