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TWENTY YEARS AGO From the “ Yorkshire Evening Post,” uly, 1 Great British attack north of the Somme on a

... British attack north of the Somme on a front of 16 miles. Villages held for 20 months by the enemy liberated and thousands of prisoners taken. Furious fighting continues. Note: This was the opening of the great Battle of the Somme, in which the 49th (West ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1936
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GOSSIP OF THE DAY. Lest by Three Minutes

... Lest by Three Miewtes. An officer who rose from the rank of al durin; captain to that of majo reat. that the first Battle of the Somme, minutes. was lost fe quoted by James all the more of the OF, that the @ Gir pos af Freach, Vet st th Skee Seve chocen ...

Published: Tuesday 19 January 1932
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 78 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE MAYOR PREPARED

... everything prepared, and his wife hopes she will be allowed present. Bhe recalls that when she was a girl, after the Battle of the Somme. she presented the Duke, then Prince of Wales, with a bouquet, and received a kiss on the cheek as reward. —British ...

Published: Tuesday 04 May 1937
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Gossip «14MM A DAT

... than day. It seems a lot, but for those might wish to s offensive with some of the battles of the Great War, the following figures are in During the . Battle of the Somme the artillery loosed off on the average 271,000 shells Gaily; 3,256,000. shells were ...

Published: Thursday 19 January 1939
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LEEDS PALS

... the coat of the Leeds ‘“Pals’’ Yorkshire (Sth West it is ill be ready Memorial, w for unveil: on July teenth t the Battle of the Somme. versary has a ly been made to Po Pals’ Association, and it is felt there must be relatives a rie. who wou like to ...

Published: Thursday 07 May 1931
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

HENRY HALL ON StNDAVi

... years rolled back, and the magistrate, Major J. D. M. McCallum, was second-in-command of the Ulster Division at the Battle of the Somme. The probation officer, Captain A. J. Thorn: ton. was adjutant. Major McCallum, who w@ the then, and Captain Thornton ...

Published: Thursday 02 July 1936
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

HY MEMORIAM

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Published: Monday 01 July 1935
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Hatred of Es-Rankers

... man He nad hurled a string of offensive epithets at him. He was court-martialled and deprived o! his rank. At the Battle of the Somme. which began soon after, my ex-C.S M. behaved with great Some months later he was sent galiantry. home on account of ...

Published: Thursday 23 March 1933
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 231 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DEATH OF A GENERAL

... peaking at a Wiser in honour of the division in 1919, gaid; “I was with wanton waste of the men entrusted o my command at battle of the Somme. repudiate that charge with indigna- tion. The measures taken which led to this loss were either iD Opposition to my ...

Published: Tuesday 24 March 1931
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 9 | Tags: none