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BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., the wile Mr Richd. M. Hatch, chemist, Redland, a son. On the 16th July, at

... Thomas Henry Morgan, Esq., of Tidenham House, Gloucestershire, to Thomas Brett Cowtjurn, Esq., late Capt. of H.M.s 52nd Light Infantry. On the 11th inst., at the parish church, Cheltenham, by the father of the bnde, assisted the Rev. Anthony Hammond, the ...

Published: Tuesday 17 August 1869
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
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BARKER'S OPERATIONS

... were killed, and one man each of tin Oxford Light Infantry and Hussars sever el] wounded. Total:—Three officers killed, five wounded, 29 men killed, and 35 wounded. Casualtiea in the 14th Moanted Infantry Column at Holland, on the 19th inst., are retnrned ...

Published: Thursday 26 December 1901
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1108 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

... MISTAKEN IDENTITY. ARMY LIEUTENANT WRONGFULLY CHARGED. When the case of Lieut. Gerald Atkinson, 29, Of the Somersetshire Light Infantry, who was arrested outside a Strand Theatre on warrant, and charged at Westminster Police Court on Monday with unlawfully ...

Published: Friday 06 February 1914
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1086 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GAPS IN AXIS DEFENCES WIDENED

... GAPS IN AXIS DEFENCES WIDENED HEAVY FIGHTING ON DESERT FRONT Rommel's Stunning Air Losses m INFANTRY WIDEN TANK-LANES A L L THE FOURTH DAY OF ™ SIVE IN THE WESTERN IS™ S A LY WIDENED THE TANK-LANES ovsS?£ IN R°MMEL'S MINEFIELD DEFENCE SYSTEM. Information ...

Published: Wednesday 28 October 1942
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1081 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

D-DAY SOUVENIR TUESDAY MAY 24 1994 9 AIRBORNE ASSAULT Capturing the bridge was vital to the D-Day plan Above right:

... midnight on D-Day with other members of the 7th Battalion Parachute Regiment ‘converted’ from a battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry Panzer The drop zone was on the right bank of the Orne and just to the east of Pegasus bridge captured minutes earlier ...

Published: Tuesday 24 May 1994
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1021 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

London Gazette Extraordinarij

... probably the whole of the cavalry, and considerable body of infantry, but they did not attempt to press upon our rear. They took advantage of th% ground to cannonade our rear-guard, consisting of the light divisions, under Major-General Charles Allen, on the ...

Published: Saturday 05 December 1812
Newspaper: Bristol Mirror
County: Bristol, England
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EMPLOYEES

... tablet, pr-rpelua'tHg the memory of Sir John Mere, 15 officers, 24 sergeants, and 610 rank and file the 51st Foot, now the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, w ho (ell in the Peninsular campaign, was unveiled yesterday afternoon York Vinster by Genual Wynne ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1913
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
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AMERICANS 16 MILES FROM COLOGNE

... five miles from Linnich. German resistance to the drive of the First and Ninth American Armies appears to be surprisingly light so far, according to Supreme Headquarters, where it is explained that this is partly due to the smashing attacks of Allied ...

Published: Monday 26 February 1945
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 790 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TRIPOLI REPORTED ABOUT TO FALL TO MONTGOMERY

... declared 'The Eighth Army's brilliant drive is about to throw Rommel out of Tripolitania In Central Tunisia, German tank and infantry forces, driving south-west from Pont dv Fahs, on Wednesday reached a point about two miles from Robaa, 27 miles from Pont ...

Published: Friday 22 January 1943
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 742 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Friday January 17 1997 EVENING POST 13 NEWS Loving homes needed for man’s best friend AN animal sanctuary near ..

... BRISTOL war veterans who served in Asia have been invited to attend a national reunion Members of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry are holding the get-together May The veterans group is looking for members who served in Malaya 1947 to 1951 and in India ...

Published: Friday 17 January 1997
Newspaper: Bristol Evening Post
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 716 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

RHINE BRIDGEHEAD 30 MILES LONG

... by British' troops at Rees. Bislich. and Wesel; and one by the U.S. Ninth Army south of Wesel. Troops of the Somerset Light Infantry and the Wiltshire Regiment were among those which made the crossing. A shattering aerial and artillery bombardment of ...

Published: Monday 26 March 1945
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 797 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE AFGHAN WAR

... Third and Fourth Brigades. Reformer consisted of the 81st, tho 14th Sikhs, and 21th Native Infantry. Tha Fourth Brigade con«W of the 51st Foot, the 6th Native Infantry, and Sikhs. With them was a mountain battery battery of Horsa Artillery. Tha brigade was ...

Published: Monday 25 November 1878
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 4431 | Page: 3 | Tags: none