... In Memory of the Battle of the Somme, July let, 1916. ...

... was in the solicitors* department of the General Post Office. They had one son, Mr. Jack Noyes, who was killed In the Battle of the Somme, soon after leaving Clare College, Cambridge. His death was a terrible blow to Mrs. Noyes. She retired to live the life ...

... published to-day. It is the saddest and most disturbing book I have ever read. In this volume we come quickly to the battle of the Somme, with its enormous squandering of life, and, after an account of the miserable state of affairs that led to the downfall ...

... Ex-Servicemen 'Y'ESTERDAY morning in Leeds was given up to the memory of soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1918. More than 2,000 men belonging to various ex-Servicemen’s associations paid personal homage at the War ...

... 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 ...

... a commercial basis. When that is done there can be no more suggestion WHEN THE SOMME SMILED. Quiet Days Before the Battle. By 5. J. Platt. 1 HEARD of the Battle of the Somme four months before it was opened on July 1, 1916. One wet and miserable day in ...

... the ex-Servicemea of Bradford laid at the Cenotaph this morning in memory of those of their comrades who fell in the Battle of the Somme. Hydrangeas, lilies, carnations, and roses were in the wreath laid by the Lord Mayor (Md J. W. Longley) on behalf of ...

... East Lancashire Regiment held a commemoration service in memory of members of the battalion who lost their lives the Battle of the Somme. The General Officer Commanding the Garrison, Major-General E. T. Humphreys, was accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel B. James ...

... was winter, for the trees in the Ancre Valley were bare and lifeless, and it was before the terrible breath of the Battle of the Somme had blighted them for ever. The day was damp and bitterly cold. I was making my way along a “ corduroy road that skirted ...

... Bonnett, who accompanied Sir Alan Cobham on most of his long-distance flights, and Mr. Arthur Fishor, who helped to The Battle of the Somme. Before going out they were subjected to rigorous tests at the Royal Aeronautical Establishment at Farnborough. Wearing ...

... General. From April. 1915, until the end of the war Sir Arthur was on continuous service, and went through the second Battle Ypres. the Somme. the attack on the H:ndenburg Llpe, and the final entry into Moms 1918. In was appointed to command the Canadian Corp* ...

... marks the seventeenth anniversary of tfie opening of the great Battle of the Somme, and by calendar rotation the date falls on the same day of the week (Saturday) as that on which the battle opened. At 7.30 on the sunny morning of July 1, 1916, the British ...