... from the battle of Loos. One of your first responsible duties was to take charge of the communications on a sector in the vicinity of Thiepval, and you had initial lively experiences when you figured In the hectic—and tragic—battle of the Somme. This was ...

... Somme Battle Wounds. Educated at Harrow and King's College, Cambridge, Mr. P. V. Emrys-Evans received a commission in the 11th Batt. of the Suffolk Re{ iment in 1914. and was severely wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was later temporary ...

... representation the country, that we have come to the end of our dangers. We must guard against a repetition of the Battle of the Somme; we always have to pay for our idols—we cannot afford to expend yearly £lBO millions for guns. ships and poison gas ...

... Chaddesden, was in the Royal Flying Corps a little time before the War, and after being shot down during the fierce Battle of the Somme in 1916, was interned as prisoner of war for two and a half years. After an intensive experience in A.R.P. work and ...

... Terrible Memories THOMAS HIMBY THEOBALD. of 111, Cramonvadreet, Long Eaton, was so badly wounded in the neck st the Battle of the Somme. 1916, that the doctors gave him only seven years to And now. ot•er twenty years after that fatetul day when went ...

... DEATH OF WAR HERO Severely ineadocitered while engaged in battle on tit: Somme durim, the last war. Breastkm young man ail° has patiently borne much sufferim an inconvenience, passed away in the Derby Royal Infirmary en Thursday last, having entered ...

... night and lost 40 aircraft which w'ould be 280 personnel it was one 200th part of personnel lost in one day in the Battle of the Somme during the last war In terms of figures it meant that they could have 200 unlucky nights over enemy territory and lose ...

... lisle at 156, Stapleford-lane, Ton were married at St. Stephen's Church, Sheffield. Mr. Eden came on furlough from the Battle of the Somme for the wedding. Mrs. Eden was born in Binningbain, but moved to Sheffield at any early age. Mr. Eden is a native of ...

... more Sherwood Forester, in Long Futon who went over the top ut Gommecourt on July I. 1916. l'his was the start of the Battle of the Somme in which the British force: had in one gay. the greatest slaughter in one day in any War. - The 4601 Division in whist ...

... start of the Battle of the Somme. One man writing from an address in Long Eaton this week : was one of those who came through -- a cut knee. a hash on top of the sled helmet. otherwise unscathed. - But this es-soldier was wounded in other battles, lk adds: ...

... under age. joined the ath Sherwood Foresters. He fought in trance. where he was wounded. and managed to survive the battles of the Somme, at which both the 7th and itth Sherwood Foresters were almost wiped out. Being a machine gunner. he was transferred ...

... During the 1914-1918 war Mr. Few served with the Sherwood Foresters, but was seriously wounded in July 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. After leaving the Army he was solo canter player at Central Ord- nance Depot, Chilwell, and also with bands at Long ...