... lines. It became independent corps after the war. Tanks were employed for the first time on the Western Front in the battle of the Somme in 1916. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps is of very long standing and responsible for the armament equipment and ordnance ...

... Richmond, on the wireless on Sunday, 15th August. at 8.25, is a former patient. He was wounded in the spine in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, as a result of which he was paralysed from the waist down. Tony was admitted to the home in August, 1925. from ...

... . Mr. Bailey at that time was serving with the East Surrey regiment, and had special leave for his wedding. In the battle of the Somme he was badly wounded In the right arm. Before Joining the army he was employed as a footman by Mr. and Mrs. Behrens ...

... served during the Ihl4-111 war in the Coldstream Guards,. was woundid at Loos in 1915 and again in 1917. During the Battle of the Somme he wai, awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. At that time he was wring under fir late Col. Campbell ...

... Council. He served In the Volunteers and the Territorials from 1905 to 1922 and was awarded the D.S.O. ih the first tank battle on the Somme in 1916. ...

... DELAY MEANS DEATH The battle of the Somme caused 30,000 casualties the first day. Ot se approxlm.! ly 3,000 would require Iran*- union. which would call for the forward provision 7.600 pints of blood. Clearly, It would Impossible obtain till* amount the ...

... figures corresponding to 32 field-kitchens. This booty compares not unfavourably with that obtained after those of the battle of the Somme —the Soviet had taken various advance Finnish the Finnish victory at Suomusalmi in early January, when the Soviet 44th ...

... Council. He served In the Volunteers and the Territorials from 1906 to 1922 and was awarded the D. 8.0. In the first tank battle on the Somme in 1919. ...

... AT CAMBRAI Before November. 1917. few tanks had been used in the Utter part of the Battle of the Somme in September. 1919. and durtns the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. At de the ground was quite unsuitable for tnnks owing to the wet state of the soil ...

... Miss Somme Coomber was married to Mr. William Storer of Brixton. They were to have been married at Christmas but put off their wedding so that it would take place at the same time as Somme's sister Joan was married As her name denotes Miss Somme was born ...

... from 1915 until 1919. Throughout his Service, he was with 4.5 howitzer batteries, and commanded a battery during the battle of the Somme. when he was 22. He was awarded the French Croix de Guerre avec , Palme. was mentioned in des. patches, and was also ...

... Liverpool Regiment in October, 1914, serving with the B.E.F. in France for over three years and being wounded in the battle of the Somme. Twice mentioned in dispatches he was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. Ordaihed M 1922 he was curate at Holy Trinity ...