... son of late Mr Andrew Ford, plumber, Coldstream, has been wounded for the 2nd time. was wounded at Battle of Loos and now at the Battle of the Somme. His home address is 11 High Street, Coldstream. We hope this brave fellow’ may soon be quite recovered ...

... Queen Mary's Hospital, Lancashire. In a letter home to his mother he gives a vivid picture of his experiences in the Battle of the Somme. He states that when, doing a hand toll and encounter with a crowd of German giants —big of stature many of them, but ...