... City War Memorial yesterday. The service commemorated the Battle of the Somme, in which Yorkshire units suffered heavily, and among those attending were relatives of several York men who lost their lives in that engagement. The various contingents marched ...

... regiment was in memory of Sir Harry’s son, a captain in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme. . Sir Harry was much moved by his and speaking later to members of the committee. expressed delight at the success ...

... the Bth Battalion. received He was wounded in the opening stages of the Battle of the Somme, In July 1916, but later rejoined tho battalion, and the following year ha was wounded and gassed. Again he was able to rejoin them, and, along with the 2/BUi ...

... unveiling, by the Prince of Wales of the British Memorial at Thiepval to commemorate the missing in tae Battle of the Somme Mr. F. secretary of the Leeds Pals’ Association, is to attend the unveil- i= company wi with about half-a-dogen bers. Whit May } Thy ...

... Lieut.-Col. Ramsden. In 1915 he received a commission in the Bth Battalion, and was wounded in July, 1916, at the Battle of the Somme. Later he rejoined the battalion, and in 1917 he was again gassed and wounded. He rejoined again and went to Germany ...

... security a few miles behind the line, we first entered the trenches opposite Serre. To it we returned, and up to the Battle of the Somme it was the centre of our corporate life. In those few months we came to know the people so well that to this day we ...

... The Battle of the Somme, begun on July Ist, 1916, was raging. The lst-4th Black Watch, part of the 39th Division, tvhile on the Festubert’Neuve Chapelle Front, teas ordered south to join in the battle. CHAPTER 26.— OFF TO THE SOMME. HEN the ...

... was severely wounded while his regiment, the sth Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment, was taking part in the Battle of the Somme. He was shot through the elbow, and as a result lost elbow joint. ...

... 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 ...

... frightful and bloody madness, is a lasting achievement. It ought to be remembered in honour as long as men speak of the Battle of the Somme. Towards the end the author’s strained nerves could stand it no longer. There were three nights in succession when at ...

... realise that it is nineteen years since the Battle of the Somme opened. There are grown men and women, shouldering their responsibilities as full members of the community, who remember nothing of the Somme. It is the others who will feel older. There ...

... encouragement the people of Montrenil extended their chiefs. M. Maginot recalled that was fifteen years a day since the Battle of the Somme, the first large scale engagement Lord Haig undertook. He was a gallant man and a great soldier,’' added tiie Minister ...