... dinner honour of the Division in 1919, he said: “I was charged with wanton waste of the men entrusted to my command the battle of the Somme. I repudiate that charge with indignation. The measures taken which led to this loss were either in opposition to r ...

... Western Front with the 10th (Service) Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, and was with them during and after the battle of the Somme. I remember rightly,” writes a correspondent, he was Second-in-Command of that unit to Lieut.-Col. Slasher ’ Haynes—so ...

... the wedding which took place in St. Stephen's Church, 1 Hyson Green, on Saturday of a Nottingham soldier, who in the Battle of the Somme last vear lost the sight of both eyes. He was Private W. G. Parker, of the 2nd Northants, and his father lives in N ...

... was again wounded in arm. After coming out of the hospital he was sent back to the trenches, and was in titre for the battle of the Somme. where on Ootob=r 2941 he got wounded the third time, also in the arm, and he has since been in hospital In Leeds. He ...

... same as I always did on the other side of the water. I should have liked to have gone a little further in this big battle of the Somme. It was a fine sight to see the way our guns knocked the Huns' trenches about before any infantry went to visit them ...

... Children PEARSON. — In loving memory of Lance- Corporal Peter Pearson (son of the above), who was killed in action in the battle of the Somme, Sept. 26th, 1916. A loving son and brother kind, He was to us in heart and mind; He always strove to do his hest ...

... of July at the Front. GENERAL'S TRIBUTE. NOTHING FINER IN THE WAR. • rlster Division have won imperishable at the Battle of the Somme, and paid price in doing so. Their commander, 0. W. S. Nugent, D 5.0., in a 'ord - er of the day states : General °Dicer ...

... —From Wife and Children In loving memory of our dear and brother, Peter, fourth son of the above, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme. Sept. 26th, 1916, in his 22nd year. He gave his life that we might live. 'a —From Mother, Brothers and Sitters. TEMPLEMAN ...

... husband. Strawoon Lievesley Wilson, Lieutenant, 15th Sherwood Foresters, died 21st July, 1916. of wounds received iu the Battle of the Somme. —lnterred in Ls Neuville Cemetery. 4th BATTALION NOTTINGHAMSHIRE VOLUNTEER REGIMENT. (Affiliated to the sth (Reserve) ...

... THE SKY. COMING - THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. PRICES : 3d., 4d., 7d., 10d. (Including War Tax) VICTORIA ORCHESTRA Mirka Director: MR. T. W. RENSHAW , TELEPHONE 334. SEATS MAY BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE. 'Elution *alias. MANBYI7LD PA It I,IA 11 ENTA RY BY-ELBCTION ...

... LEEDS SERVICE. Memory of Comrades of the Somme. To commemorate the men of Leeds and district who made the supreme 1 sacrifice during the battle of the Somme in July, 1916, the Leeds Branch of the British Legion held a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph ...

... member of the Welsh:pool Borough Bench. Of their three sons who fought in the Great War, the youngest was killed in the battle of the Somme while commanding his Company in the Ist R.W. Fusiliers, and a second was awarded the Military Cross. As Mayor, Mrs. ...