LOCAL BREVYITIES

... of Lieutenant-Colonel Hew Wakehamn Tompson, D.D., Remounts, only son of the late Colonel Henry Steuart Tompson, late 51st Light Infantry, of Alderminster Lodge, Bournemouth, to Mary Beatrice, elder daughter of Colonet G. T. Bunbury, late Rifle Brigade, ...

Published: Thursday 28 December 1916
Newspaper: Devizes and Wilts Advertiser
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 620 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

rushed in and knocked the wheel on to the gate, post. The springs were fixed the seat, and when the

... who during the Boer War waa appointed to the Honourable Corps of Gentlomen-at-Arms. received his commission in the 51st Light Infantry 42 years ago. and became adjutant received his spurs 18®), and retired on major’s pension in 1894. He served orderly ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1916
Newspaper: Thetford & Watton Times
County: Norfolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 1080 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BRANDON

... Birigadier-Ceneral J. Doran 1n the Jowal Campaign in 1577, and received a medal with clasps. Afterwards he served with the 51st Light Infantry. and as Su()grintomk.»: of Army Signalling in the Afghan War of 181 s 89, and_was nresent at the attack and capture ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1916
Newspaper: Downham Market Gazette
County: Norfolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 2445 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Pictures in the Fire

... There were six British infantry regiments in that show -the 12th (Suffolks), the 20th (Lancashire Fusiliers), the 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), the 25th (the K.O.S.B's.), the 37th (Hamp- shires), and the 51st (Yorkshire Light Infantry).- These two brigades ...

Published: Wednesday 13 September 1916
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1988 | Page: 34 | Tags: Photographs 

YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

... YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry eonsists of the old slst Ki:g'c Own Light Infantry and the 105th Madras Light %n--fantry. It was constituted in ...

Published: Saturday 28 October 1916
Newspaper: Bayswater Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 315 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

... YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry consists of the old slst Ki:s'c Own Liiht Infantry and the 105th Madras Ljght Infantry. It was constituted in 1881, under the title of King's ...

Published: Friday 27 October 1916
Newspaper: Selby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 315 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LIGHTING ORDERS

... LIGHTING ORDERS. Vehicle Lamps to Lit —8.3 Shop and House Lights to be obscured —9.33. Of the four German guns captured by the Somerset Light Infantry in France, has been offered to Taunton, and one to Yeovil. Yesterday we received £4 16s (the donation) ...

Published: Thursday 14 September 1916
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1166 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

On the northern front th4re have been artillery duels and infantry fighting. On the eastern front, before Koraz ..

... advance guard engageinents in which. the enemy lost heavily.- - Sunday. Montenegrin conununiqui; datod -51st Decem There were artillery actions and infantry fighting on all the fronts. The Austrians made ilarticularly violent attacks near Moikovatz and Bogidevitch ...

Published: Monday 03 January 1916
Newspaper: Sussex Daily News
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 734 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

K.0.Y.L.1. COLONEL'S FUNERAL

... with the old 51st as the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry under the Territorial scheme, he became major of theMsl Battalion, and in 1895 was appointed lieutenant-colonel in command. Five years later he took over the command of the 51st and 65th Regimental ...

Published: Saturday 01 April 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 420 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FALLEN OFFICERS

... -colbnel September. 1913, while in September, 1914, was appointed commandant of the 51st Sikhs. Before the present war Colonel Beadcn had seen a good deal of lighting iq Indian campaigns. was'wiTh the Chin-Lushai Expedition (1889-90), and received the ...

Published: Friday 21 January 1916
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LINE BATTALIONS

... has been issued in connection with one of the battalions of the regiment. It is an excellent production. Yorkshire Light Infantry (51sT and losm).—Lieut. J. Atkinson- Jowett, of Caton, Lancaster, who was killed in action on 16th September, aged 22, has ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1916
Newspaper: Broad Arrow
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 333 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

PONTEFRACT DISAPPOINTMENT

... J. R. Shaw), who is in command of the 2nd/sth King's Own {Yorkshire Light Infantry) at Salisbury Plain, bad obtained special leave for the occasion. Colonel H. S. commanding the 51st and 65th Regimental Depot at Pontefract, brought down tho whole of the ...

Published: Wednesday 23 February 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 5 | Tags: none