... TODDINGTON. PTE. BUCKINGHAM KILLED.—Pte. William Buckingham, who was 21 years of age when he was killed on Bept. 15th in the battle of the Somme, joined up on Oct. 15th, 1915, was drafted to France, April 15th, 1916, and was killed on Sept. 15th, 1916. He was in ...

... TODDINGTON. PTE. BUCKINGHAM KILLED.—Pte. William Buckingham, who was 21 years of age when he was killed on Sept. 15th in the battle of the Somme, joined up on Oct. 15th, 1915, was drafted to France, April 15th, 1916, and was killed on Sept. 15th, 916. He was in ...

... Hospital, Eastbourne, with a shrapnel wound in the muecle of the right arm. He was wounded in action at High Wood in the battle of the Somme, on Sept. 15th. His wound is going on as well as can be expected. ...

... would not change into any other regiment. Whether in the battle on the Somme or out of it, they have nobly done whatever they have been told. Words fail, even faintly, to describe what a great battle is like. The noise is deafening; big guns, little guns ...

... ALLIES STILL ADVANCING. Monday aiterncon. The great battle of the Somme has now lasted one hundred days, and the Allies are still going strong. The bad weather was one of the causes of the recent lull, but on Saturday the Anglo- French forces set to work ...