... First World War. A former Seaton Burn man, Mr Hill was there the first time the guards were in the front line — at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He was alongside Colonel Campbell, who was given the Victoria Cross, nicknamed the “tallyhoo cross” because ...

... the casualty list was so high that men of all heights were accepted. In 1916 Tom was sent to France to fight at the Battle of the Somme Towards the end of the War Tom was “sericusly injured discharged. Tom now the longest serving member of the Coldstream ...

... with the casualty list high, men of all heights were being enlisted. In 1916 he was sent to fight in France at the Battle of the Somme. He was twice wounded and later discharged. Mr Hill was born in Cornhill - upon - Tweed but worked as an engine driver ...

... Beatrice Street, Ashington, a resident at Essendene Old People’s Home, Ashington, for the past three years. ; At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Mr Cowans, a sergeant with the Tyneside and Scottish Regiment, was awarded the Military Medal, and while on ...