... 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 ...

... the turn of the century) and charts the progress of the war from its beginning in Sarajevo to its conclusion at the battle of the Somme. The story is told from several different viewpoints: the official news, the officers, the soldiers and nurses, and ...

... 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, and four tours are going there. Many people in their seventies want to see their fathers' graves, mostly for the first time. “And next year will see the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.” Mr ...

... He saw service as a sergeant in the First World War and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery displayed at the battle of the Somme. He returned from Germany in 1919, and, before being posted to India for a further threeyear Army service, took part ...

... loses fight for life Reunion for Somme veterans AN APPEAL has gone out for former members of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, to attend a commemorative service marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The British Embassy in Paris has ...

... ‘Somme veteran remembers. . . gl THE 70th anniversary memorial of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest campaigns in history, startsonJuly 1. . . Invitations to a memorial service in Thiepval, in Northern France, have been sent out to survivors ...

... the age of 7S. During the first world war he was in the Royal Field Artillery and served in France. He fought in the battles of the Somme and Ypres. He was a sergeant in the Home Guard in the last war. He was a life long member of St James's Parish Church ...

... and to survive the greatest disaster in the history of the British Army? To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme some of the remaining survivors tell their remarkable stories. 11.00 FILM: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Colourful film ...

... O\ Rl6al= 2N Reg Glonr[, left, as he is today, and, right, as a young man in 1916. He and other survivors of the Battle of the Somme talk about what it was like to go over the top in the documentary ‘‘Lions Led By Donkeys,’’ which is repeated on Channel ...

... these championships while Gerald Williams collates the stories making today’s news. 11.00 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The first day of the Battle of the Somme was the worst in British military history. In less than 24 hours 60,000 British soldiers became ...