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POPULAR SPORTS- MAN

... this morn i ng , foilowing a seizure yesterday m orning—the anniveraary of the death of his son, who was killed in the Battle o: the Somme in 1916. He was in London as recently Saturday. Mr. Wiilcy was a prominent and popular solicitor in Leeds, and was ...

Published: Monday 02 July 1923
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 107 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A Wondorful St•ry

... advantage of being able To hear the personal story of one of the intrepid aviators, Capt. H. G. Melina: who Althtd the Battle of the Somme. ...

Published: Wednesday 23 May 1923
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 103 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Horses in War

... only a slight wound to a mau has often proved enough to kill a horse. He was fitted perhaps for the Battle of Crecy, but not for a Battle of the Somme. ...

Published: Monday 16 July 1923
Newspaper: London Daily Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FAMOUS ORGANISER'S GRANDSON

... At nineteen Mr. Sehnadhorat took a commission in the North Staffordshire Regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme. After the war he resumed his studies at Oxford and gained the much-coveted Honours in Greats. ...

Published: Saturday 06 October 1923
Newspaper: Westminster Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HIS FIRST CHARGE. SIR VVILLOUGHBY MAYCOCKS THOUGHT FOR SERVANT

... Sydenhain, who died in France on April 12. 1918. left English estate valued at £590. For true comradeship at the Battle of the Somme in September 1916, he bequeaths 1,000 marks (now worth about 65.1 to the locksmith master Hohenberger. corporal of ...

Published: Sunday 07 January 1923
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 241 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

IDENTIFIED BY A RING

... A ring, given under dramatic circumstances, has been the means of solving a seven-year-old war myster y . After the Battle of the Somme in July, 1916, Donald Youlter, London 'Rifle Brigade, son of Mrs. Poulter, of Borough-road, Isleworth, was reported ...

Published: Friday 03 August 1923
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 228 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AIR THRILLS FILMED. CINEMA CROWDS WATCH 10,000-MILE FLIGHT

... yesterday by two things— Geoffrey Maims' personality, and the music. Matins, in spite. of the fact that he filmed the Battle of the Somme during the war (amopg other little jobs). turned out to be tall anil slim ta the , point of boyishness, and juat ner4otis ...

Published: Tuesday 24 April 1923
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 281 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MILITARY DISTINCTIONS

... he obtained a cornmission in the North Staffordshire Itegt. He served for three years in France, taking part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the retreat in 1919. He was •ouadcd in the final advanes in Septem- Ler. 1918. He obtained the D. 5.0.. ...

Published: Saturday 22 September 1923
Newspaper: Middlesex County Times
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 304 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LAW OF CIVILISE/ LIFO

... 000 marks, with the request that he will accept this sum as a small token of my gratitude for true comradeship at the Battle of the Somme, on the 9th September. 1916. - •• • Among latest wills are the following: Mr. J N. Hall (491 of Killeen and Tangy, ...

Published: Monday 08 January 1923
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE MONEY HABIT COMPLETED

... remembered as the founder of the British and Colonial Film Co., and also as the man behind the camera who filmed the Battle of the Somme. The new picture , which is nearing completion, is a story !A the routing out of a thug-smuggling gall In Limehouse ...

Published: Thursday 20 December 1923
Newspaper: Kinematograph Weekly
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 322 | Page: 24 | Tags: none