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HERO OF THE SOMME FILM

... HERO OF THE SOMME FILM. In the official film of the Battle of the Somme a British soldier is shown carrying a badly-wounded soldier to safety, and he is described as ‘‘an unknown hero who rescued twenty wounded men.” That soldier is Driver Tom Spencer ...

Published: Monday 02 October 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SOMME FILM HERO IDENTIFIED

... SOMMEF FILM HERO ID N TIFIED In tho official film of the Battle of the Somme a British soldier is shown carrying a badly-wounded soldier to safety, and he is described as “an unknown hero who rescued twenty wounded men.” That soldier is Triver Tom Spencer ...

Published: Monday 02 October 1916
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 125 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANS' VAIN HOPE

... to your Majesty and to your gallant armies heartiest greetings upon their last magnificent achievements in the great battle of the Somme. —Nicholas. To the Emperor, Imperial Headquarters, Russia. In the name of my army and on my ow r n behalf I heartily ...

DOMINATING GUNS,

... DOMINATING GUNS, British. War Correspondents’ Headquarters, France, Saturday. The defeat of the German army in the battle of the Somme has progressed more rapidly during the past week than at any other corresponding period since the big offensive began ...

Published: Monday 02 October 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 366 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CZAR’S MESSAGE. BRITISH ACHIEVEMENTS THE SOMME. , The following telegrams have passed between the Emperor of ..

... upon their last magnificent achievements in the great battle of the Somme. NICHOLAS. 29th September, 1916. To the Emperor, Imperial Headquarters Russia, —In the name of my Army, and on my own behalf, I heartily thank your Majesty for your gratifying message ...

Published: Monday 02 October 1916
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 518 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE GERMAN CLAIM

... avoided battle. German troops on the opposite side th© Haar rivulet, south of Henndorf (Hegen), successfully attacked one of the Roumanian columns and repulsed it. capturing eleven officers. 591 men, and three machine-guns. The encircling battle which began ...

Published: Monday 02 October 1916
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 631 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE LATE LORD FEVERSHAM

... service was held the Parish Church, Kirbymisperton, on Friday night, for three soldiers who had fallen in the great Battle of the Somme —the late Earl of (patron the living). Sec.-Lieut. Wilfred Hailiwell (son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Twentyman, of ...

THRILLING STORIES OF HEROISM In the Great Battles of the Somme. THE CORPORAL THAT KILLED 22,

... THRILLING STORIES OF HEROISM In the Great Battles of the Somme. THE CORPORAL THAT KILLED 22, One hears many tales of individual gal-|by the prisoner; and it is officially accepted lantry; as of the officer of considerable runk |by the umit as true, and ...

Published: Monday 02 October 1916
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1173 | Page: 2 | Tags: none