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Battle of Somme Service

... Battle of Somme Service the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, the Mayor of Barnsley (Alderman T. W. Richardson), accompanied by members and officers of the Corporation, yesterday attended the annual memorial service Locke Park for the fallen the ...

WORLD OF

... WORLD OF the Battle of the Somme, the chalk ridge rising from the valley burst into unbroken line of smoke and fire, and it was up that ridge and into the furnace beyond that many a Northern battalion plunged to Its lasting fame and grievous loss. To ...

The Tank's Birthday

... The Tank's Birthday AM reminded by a colleague who was present the Battle of the Somme in that to-day is the twenty-eighth birthday the tank. Few of those who watched the great clumsy monsters, steered by a wheeled rudder at the rear, crawling ponderously ...

Poppies in Normandy

... the poppy's- scarlet from grim days similar to those their sons are now facing on the tortured soil France. When the Battle of the Somme began in early July, the flaming frieze of poppies was seen along many a communication trench and across shell-pitted ...

Lord Craigmylc

... Liberal M.P. for Kilmarnock, and during the last war served with the Royal Marine Artillery, fighting throughout the Battle of the Somme 1916. Before becoming chairman of the P. and O. in succession to his fatherin-law. the late Lord Inchcape, Lord Cralgmylc ...

Mr. I Groeock

... Yorkshire Observer Leeds. On the outbreak of the last war he enlisted the Leeds Pals and was severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme cn July 1, 1916. On discharge from the Army 1917 he joined The Yorkshire Evening Post. He left Leeds to become chief ...

THIS

... and dodged and cursed their luck when the Battle of the Somme was raging. The sons of the men who struggled and endured for so long that beautiful region which war made desolate are indeed returning to the Somme; but not, at the moment, any gentle walking ...

Revue In Leeds

... practised in Doncaster architect. In the last war he Joined the West Yorkshire Regiment and was wounded in the first battle of the Somme. Transferred to the Royal Fusiliers, went with the Army Occupation into Germany. Captain G. Brooks (32). son of the ...

The Juggernaut

... The Juggernaut rpHAT note of mine yesterday on the 28th birthday of the tank, which made its appearance at the Battle of the Somme, sent Mr J. R. Macdonald. the Stipen diary Magistrate of Hull, to his diary the last war. There he has an entry for September ...

}Jost The Eclipse of the Luftwaffe THERE are obvious reasons for the terrific hammer- blows being dealt by the ..

... near Arras farmhouse occupied by charming young couple. One day the officer had to leave the billet hurriedly for the Battle of the Somme. In 1944 Second-Lieutenant H——. now a Major, had occasion to spend a night near Arras, and he decided to call with his ...

TELEPHONES

... JULY 3, 1944 Normandy and the Somme TO many older people the beginning of July always brings sharp and painful memories of the opening of the first battle of the Somme. Much has been written on the consequences of the battle, and some military historians ...

To Steady Investment

... the Honorary M.Sc. Degree Manchester University. Somme Battle Anniversary Between 450 and 500 veterans of the last war marched through Leeds yesterday memory of those who died In the Battle of the Somme, July, 1916. The parade represented 17 groups of ...