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LIEUT. GERALD WILLIAM NIXON

... Gerald William Nixon. Hampshire Regiment, brother of Mrs. Manville, wife of Mr. Edward Manville, fell in action at the battle of the Somme on July Ist. x was 20 years of age, and educated the Bedford Grammar School. He was pupil at the Daimler Works, and ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 113 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Objective Still Far Oflj

... ’'—Prose Association War Special. SAVING THE WOUNDED. HAIG’S FINE TRIBUTE TO THE MEDICAL SERVICE On the fourth day of the battle of the Somme the Commander-in-Chief issued the following special order of the day, addressed from advanced General Headquarters, ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 621 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE WAR. GERMAN RAIDERS REPULSED AT LA BASSEE

... of our acorplanes is missing. GENERAL HAIG REPORTS PROGRESS. We have reached a stage of definite achievement in the battle of the Somme. On Tuesday night Sir Douglas Haig sent the good news that our troops, after ten days and nights of continuous fighting ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 721 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE EUROPEAN WAR

... THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE BRITISH FRONT. The Battle of the Somme. lighting the Somme battlefield during the eek-end was mainly confined to the extreme , of the British and left the French Tines, *he north of- the river. East of Montauban troops pushed on ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1916
Newspaper: Lichfield Mercury
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1331 | Page: 7 | Tags: none