... Jones, butcher, High Street, Ogmore Vale, is now progressing favourably. He received severe gunshot 'wounds in the battle of the Somme and is now in Cyngfield Hospital, Shrewsbury, England. Pte. Hopkin Jones, A.S.C., a brother of the above, is home on ...

... push in the West, by massing thousands of troops there. and ,ending out vast quantities of ammunition. On July 1 the battle of the Somme opened, and on the first day the German front was broken on a distance of sixteen mies. Mcntauban and Mametz were taken ...

... Vale, is also home on leave after seeing many sides of a soldier's life. He was in the Battles of the Somme, Richburgh, Mamets Wood and Suany other notable battles. He has come across two Ogmore lads in his travels, namely Evan Jones and Ned Jones, John ...