... SOMME HEROES' MEMORY In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme a service was held .at All Hallows Barking yesterday. The Lord Mayor, attended by his Sheriffs in state, was present. Six members of Toe H acted as stewards. In ...

... The scene in front of the City Hall at Belfast during the commemoration ceremony held on the anniversary of the Battle of the ,Somme. , On the right is -Lieutenant- SERVICES SPORTS.—Marine Lewis winning the half mile at the athletic contest in which Navy ...

... NEWS ITEMS FROM ABROAD Nine Years Ago To-day.—The Battle of the Somme opened with the greatest assault in. history. Theatre Burnt Down.—The Svenska Theatre, Stockholm, was burnt down yesterday and only, the walls remain. Wigs Cause Blaze.—While wigs were ...

... -Jewels, but they do seem to be rather useless. SOMME HEROES' MEMORY Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Attend Com- memoration Service in City In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme -a service - was held at All Hallows Barking yeSterday ...

... LONDON AND THE SOMME Battalion Wreaths. Mark Eleventh Anniversary of Opening of Battle London Pride was among the flowers in wreaths from battalions of the London Regiment placed yesterday in the Toe H Chapelthe Church of Ail Hallows, Barking-by-the- ...

... V.C., re-enacting at Isleworth the gallant deed which won him the coveted decoration for the film -version of the Battle of :the Somme, ,He went 120 yards from the British trenches into No Man's Land to rescue a y, The parade of dogs before the first ...

... He had his hours of disappointment. There was, for instance, a critical moment in his career after the Battle of the Somme.. The Battle of the Somme (be said) did not produce all the results which we had hoped for. It was therefore necessary to find a ...

... revenue, but should have gone to the reduction of debt. I have said that Mr. Chamberlain is only now approaching his battle of the Somme, and the prospective magnitude of his new Budget confirms this assertion. Already it is recognised that he must ask ...

... Fusiliers band at Wembley Stadium, is the first work of a young ex-soldier, Mr. Leo E. Coulson. He was gaSsed at the battle of the Somme, and is now employed at a Lincoln boot shop. His musical career began in Egypt, when, on leaving hospital, he was drafted ...

... 5,000 USED OM THE SOMME Five thousand of the birds were used by the French alone in the battle of the Somme. Another, valuable use for them wa the carrying of messages from advancing tanks to the attacking forces. Pigeons attached to the Intelligence ...

... trenches Lord Londonderry (left) outside the tower. Next to him is the Pre- taken by Ulstermen feet of in the Battle of the Somme, July 1,1916. the Somme, accompanied by other French officials. % OFD The oandsoiiie memorial on the Ser ,eant Joseph Savage cilia ...

... seventeen, he said yesterday, I joined the Public Schools Battalion and went to France. On July 1, 1916, I had a private battle on the Somme with four of the enemy. I had got cut off from my company, and myself about twenty yards from the German front line ...