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... mere list ' tot names Gommecourt, La Boisselle, the Leipzig Redoubt, Sormont Farm, Pncourt, Caterpillar Wood—the First Battle of the Somme had started. Members of the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association who gathered in Coventry from various parts ...
... mere list of names Gommecourt, La Bolsselle, the Leipzig Redoubt, Sormont Farm. Fricourt, Caterpillar Wood—the First Battle of the Somme had started. Members of the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association who gathered in Coventry from various parts ...
... to tell about his medals. But he did reveal that he made Army history when he was awarded the Military Cross in the battles of the Somme in 1917. GRANTED COMMISSION He was only a Quartermaster Sergeant at the time, and won the award for carrying food and ...
... his aim. But when war broke out in 1914 he was among the first volun-I tens and was badly wounded inl the legs in a battle on the Somme. Invalided out of the Army, he decided to try his luck in the rapidly-expanding motor cycle manufacturing trade. He ...
... became a major at 28. He was promoted in the field and awarded the 0.8.0 for two specific acts of gallantry at the Battle of the Somme. Five time he was mentioned in dispatches. Councillor Powell Is also Vice- Chairman of the Passenger Transport Committee ...
... immediately rejoined ~ the Royal --- 00relson Artillery as a sergeant. He served in Prance and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. Later he served in Palestine. On his retirement, Mr. L. E. Martin, shipwright, Minerva, was presented with a clock ...
... passers-by in Allesley. This patience corner was the work of a veteran of the First World War who was badly gassed in the battle of the Somme. He died last April but his sons have been platting the finishing touches to his dream. It was in 1945 that Mr. Joseph ...
... of 83. The national president. Mr. C. R. Stephens, of Leeds. will preside over the conference. He was wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He is now a company director, and has been chairman of Leeds branch for 22 years. ...
... Somme Wound Veteran Charged With Assault A veteran of the First World War, said to have recWved 16 wounds in the Battle of the Somme, was charged at Coventry Magistrates Court to-day with assault. He was James Muddiman (Si). no fixed address, and it was ...
... Blackpool. a painter and signwriter in the painting shop. who told her how his arm was shattered by a shell in the first Battle of the Somme in 1917. ACROSS BAY At Fleetwood the Princess was embarking in the Fisheries Protection vessel Coquette to sail across ...
... Blackpool, a Painter and signwriter in the painting shop. who told her how his arm was shattered by a shell in the first Battle of the Somme in 1917. ACROSS BAY At Fleetwood the Princess embarked in the Fisheries Protection vessel Coquette to salt across Morecambe ...
... Coldstream flash on his uniform. The doorman of the Biltmore Hotel. 58 years old Dan McKechnie, who was wounded in the Battle of the Somme, was spotted by Brigadier Treadwell. who inquired: Are you an American? The 6ft. lin. ex-Scots Guardsman, drawing himself ...