... was 15 and attained the rank of major at. the age of 28. He was awarded the D.S.O. for acts of gallantry during the Battle of the Somme and was five times mentioned in despatches. He is President of the Old Cont emptibles Association (PorUmouth branch ...

... Tribute to Somme casualties MAJOR and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Tours will have 500 people travelling with them to commemorate the 756th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme on Monday, July 1. “%neywfllbetnvelhng in a convoy of a dozen coaches and included ...

... 1914 enlisted in the 6th Battalion of the Royal West IRegiment. He was discharged after being severely wounded in the battle of the Somme and since had been permanently disabled. He leaves a widow, a son and a daughter. ...

... 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 ...

... Proud old guard honour fallen PROUD old soldiers were gathering today to honour thousands who fell in the Battle -of the Somme 70 years ago. Immaculately dressed with medals highly polished, a group T e cream of British youth who took on the might of ...

... Somme survivor dies aged 101 ONE of the last survivors of the Battle of the Somme, 101 year old Jim Payne of Mudeford, has died. Jim suffered a fall at his Pauntley Road home in which he broke his arm and he passe.i away a few days later in Poole Hospital ...

... lly. The context of each item on display is explained and translated into English and German. AUDIOVISUAL HALL The battle of the Somme as seen from contemporary documents and the testimony of a veteran of the British army. A 20 minute film with quadraphonic ...

... ROAD HOLES LIKE 'BATTLE GROUND' A MASSIVE increase in the number of holes being dug in roads is creating scenes in Crawley like the battle of the Somme, the county highways and transport committee was told. 16,143 to 20,895 during the past year. And 9 ...

... the guts. And, like an enormous animal turning in its sleep, after a year of war the mood of England changed. At the Battle of the Somme, between nine in the morning and three-thirty in ' the afternoon, nineteen thousand of her young men were killed and ...

... 1916 and to survive the greatest disaster in the history of the British Army? Some of the remaining survivors of the Battle of the Somme, now in their nineties, tell their remarkable stories € 9.00: UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS 10.00: HILL STREET BLUES 11.00: ...

... the Ist South African Infantry Brigade, and whenever possible 1 would travel to Southsea, After disablement at the Battle of the Somme, I returned to Cape Town.” ...

... (or. five days: Zeppelin, starring Michael York and Elke Sommer. It is 1915 and opposing armies struggle in the battle of the Somme. Then the German High Command uses its ultimate weapon—the Zeppelin. Also: Start The Revolution Without Me, starring ...