... % 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 ...

... OBITUARIES Death of Somme veteran A MEMBER of the dwindling band of survivors from the battle of the Somme has died at the age of 92. Yorkshire Regiment. The following year he was temporarily transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers after his own regiment ...

... 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 ...

... Coton Road, Hillmorton, served for four and a half years in Italy, Greece and in France where he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme. The other photographs were on postcards sent by his late sister in 1905 bearing halfpenny postage stamps. They depict ...

... railway. He joined the Royal Engineers in the first World ‘War when he laid tracks for ammunition trains. During the battle of the Somme he saw the first tank go into action on July 16, 1916. “We'd never seen anything like it before, it just mangled up ...

... the squalor and turmoll of a French bat. tlefield. At home, Albert Lewis' family were informed of his death in the Battle of the Somme ~ ‘killed in action’ are the words on his death certificate, Now a lively 80-year-old, Mr Lewis who lives with his wife ...

... environmental case against more quarrying as it was being surrounded by development and living there would soon be like the Battle of the Somme, he said. Residents are now waiting for inquiry inspector Jon Whalley to report to Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley ...