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GODFREY PHILLIPS LTD

... mmmm m 1 Rk A. IB Bfp fl S| THE GREYS IN THE GREAT WAR In August, 1914, the Greys embarked at Southampton for 'a destination unknown. Their arrival at Havre marked the beginning of a glorious four years and seven months r in the history of the regiment. One lljfl of their first tasks was to dye their IS grey horses chestnut so that the enemy should not detect their Oco:jO^AZiJ^I^ I 1Tr7 ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 74 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

HOW TOBRUK FELL: HOW Tobruk Fell

... HOW TOBRUK FELL A Diagrammatic Exposition of the Events from Wednesday to Sunday, June 17 to 21, when the Local Commander Surrendered to the German General Rommel The fall of Tobruk and a large portion of its garrison is a heavy and unexpected blow General Auchinleck HOW Tobruk Fell After Rommel had attacked the British fortified lines stretching south of El Gazala on May 28 and rounded the ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 647 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Illustrations 

PHILIPS LAMPS LTD

... , , Lights of London M'lady, in her sedan-chair, had a stalwart body guard to protect her and a linkman to light her way such luxury was for the very few. T o-day, with means of lighting in plenty, a strange twist of fate forces upon us the blackout. But when the lights return we shall see a transformation such as few of us to-day can appreciate for electric discharge lighting waits upon a war ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 158 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

BELL PUNCH COMPANY LIMITED

... , , It is unlikely that the number sense of primitive man was developed to a greater degree than that of the birds of the air. It is to the contrivance of counting that man owes his progress towards the intricate figure-work of to-day. And counting might never have been invented had not man been endowed with fingers, which served as a primitive calculating machine. Ancient arithmetic books ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 235 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

AUSTIN REED

... All over the country we are ready to supply UNIFORMS Just a part of the service 103-113 REGENT STREET, W.l 77 CHEAPSIDE, E.C.2 Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton. /I/so u/Aldershot, Amesbury, Barmouth, Bothwell, Coventry, Dunbar, Grantham, Hove, Llandrindod Wells ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 64 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE NORTH BRITISH RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED

... , , Said the mashie to the putter If I hear a person mutter That he really isn't helping in the war I am sure he doesn't know, sir, He can make a darn good show, sir, By promoting rubber salvage to the fore. There 's no one now can doubt it We just can't do without it; Every ounce of worn-out rubber we must trace. Old hot-water bottles will, sir, For example, fill the bill, sir, Have you any ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 201 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

BEFORE THE RETREAT IN LIBYA: Scenes during the Fighting around Knightsbridge and El Adem

... QUEER THINGS WERE LIABLE TO HAPPEN DURING THE DESERT FIGHTING In this case a British transport column passed one of the enemy's columns in the darkness, but neither stopped to challenge the other as recognition came too late. --Drawing by F. D. Blake After it became apparent that the Knightsbridge Box was untenable, heavy fighting took place in the desert to the south of Tobruk. Columns of ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 714 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

THE CHATWOOD SAFE Co. Ltd

... W DISTINCTION For personal valour and fortitude in situations of danger and difficulty, our men of the fighting forces receive from the hands of the King a decoration which is a permanent symbol of the nation's admiring recognition. To attain honourable distinction is a worthy ambition not only in the Services but in all departments of civilian activity. For the industrial business ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 162 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 148

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 148 I, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Tobruk-- Reactions.-- Faced with the bare, bald fact that Tobruk had surrendered after a few hours of assault, with perhaps 25,000 troops and much new material inside the perimeters, the average man in my neighbourhood spilt fewer words than on any occasion I can recall. Was he stunned or was he wiser? Both, no doubt. It was a facer, and ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2135 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

RENDELLS

... ASK YOUR CHEMIST FOR BOOKLET HYGIENE for WOMEN BY NURSE DREW PRODUCTS 1 jiiHM APPROVED BY DOCTORS 1 v. ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 21 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations