The Russian Civil War

... neral Guillaumat, who was in command of the French troops at the joint Franco-British occupation of Combles in the Battle of the Somme —may have endure harder pressure than any endured Sarrail upon the Macedonian defences that the recalled General so ...

Published: Friday 21 December 1917
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 797 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NORWICH V.C. HONOURED. GALLANTRT OP CORPORAL S. J. DAX. OTT COUNCIUS BZCOGNITXIN. Corporal Sydney James Day. V ..

... Shortly after the battle of tance.Corporal Day went to Belgium. and took part in the fighting which went on all ' through the winter months of 1915 around Yuma and the district Some months later on his return to France, at the battle of the Somme i=tember, 1916 ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Lowestoft Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 1484 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TWO OFFICERS GASSED

... son, William L. Jackson, Royal Irish Rifles V.), ia now officially believed killed. He was reported missing after the battle of the Somme on Ist July, 1916. was engaged in business with his father, and volunteered immediately after the declaration war. His ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3257 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

... Britain Overseas ” and ” The Pageant of English Literature ”) has given a bright and vivid account of events from the Battle of the Somme to the end of 1916. The book has a good coloured frontispiece, of a Britis seaplane tracking a submarine, with numerous ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 301 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

HINCKLEY TIMES AND BOSWORTH HERALD SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 1917 WALLIS JUNIOR LIGHT FARM TRACTOR light Tractor ..

... ters the outbreak of war and served two years three months in France taking part in many engagements including the battles of the Somme He was 'formerly an employee of Messrs S Davis Sons hosiery manufacturers Hinckley PTE G MASON KILLED IN ACTION Pte ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Hinckley Times
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3855 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... remarkably fit looking after his 18 months’ experience at the Front. Piper M Cormick has played his regiment into many battles from the Somme, in to the capture of Bourlon Wood, and also the village of that name, which was captured a day or two before he left ...

WINNING TON BOY METER

... JACKSON—PrIrste Willies, 1.. Jackson. bef i t Irish Rifle.. eon of John J•clgeon , Mount. Belfast. reported miming tetH the Battle of the Somme. Ist July. 1916- now, officially reported killed. KENNEDY—KiIIed In action en ELM November.' Int Rifleman David Kennedy ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 938 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A CHRISTMAS CARD

... kinds, which have never yet heen seen save by the privileged few. The table on which Sir Douglas Haig planned out the Battle of the Somme is among them, with *“signs ~ taken from ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: The Queen
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 408 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

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... France in November of the same year. He was transferred to a Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, and took part in the memorable battles of the Somme, and among other engagements was present at Beaumont Hamel. He was next attached to a Light Trench Mortar Battery, ...

26,000 People

... sailors’ families, have now before me the homes talked about, the homes for which many of comrades died Ypres in the Battle of the Somme. What can Ido for them ? The mothers are harassed with many cares, such as the sole charge of the children and the endless ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 511 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED NOW REPORTED DIED OF WOUNDS. Yeemartry.—Drinkwater 326692 Pte. S. V. fLedbury). ..

... his wife on Wednesd a y, stated that he was getting on very favourably. Pte. Turner was also wounded last year in the Battle of the Somme. He mobilised with the Bth Woreestershires in August, 1914, and later 'entered the Grenadier Guards. Before the war ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1917
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
County: Worcestershire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 225 | Page: 9 | Tags: none