... Street, Portadown, has been promoted on the field to the rank of sergeant. He and his brother James took part in the battle of the Somme. Mrs Burrowes, Carleton Street, has received intimation that her son, Private John Burrower, is missing. He was formerly ...

... that date, after a prolonged bombardment, the British new armies, valiantly supported by the French, began the great battle of the Somme. The enemy's line was heavily dented. Two of his fortified systems were captured in July, with 23,000 prisoners and ...