... air. It was a terrible sight Boxes of gun cartridges and tins of paint and thinners were exploding. It was like the battle of the Somme. An employee. Reg Dexter. had just returned from a Job when he saw a small fire in the offices. In a moment the whole ...

... Mr. Dexter, who leaves a son and daughter, ran away at the age of 16 to join the Coldstream Guards and fought at the battle of the Somme in the First World War. His daughter. Miss Betty Dexter, manages the Red Horse Hotel at Stratford-on-Avon, and his son ...

... Inner- For very many companies the leithen. Peebleshire. great and tragic baptism of fire • was the opening of the Battle of the Somme. places. Some are too old to travel. It is expected that groups and Many of the pre-war staff were individuals from ...

... PLEASE, GRANTS He's still 'walking wounded' FOR more than half a century, since the Battle of the Somme in fact, a retired schoolmaster, Frank Lock, has lived with a constant reminder of the day he was injured in the First World War, which ended 50 years ...

... Dickinson. leaping 40 to 00 feet m the air it was a NMI* sight cartridges and =At( paint and thinners were It was Uke the battle of the Somme. An enspitwee Rea Dexter. had just reUnnol from a )ob when he saw a mail are in the Aires In a moment the whole Place ...

... he joined Kitchener's Army and served in France with the 15th Bn. The Hampshire Regt. He was invalided out after the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Mrs. Emery is the second daughter of the late Mr. William Beech, who was a well-known pork butcher. of Highbury ...

... LAST Veterans of the Somme return to battlefield BRITISH veterans of the Somme gathered at the famous battlefield today to commemorate the morning, 50 years ago, when they went over the top In one of the bloodiest battles GI the First World Ward. Serving ...

... It ' was a terrible sight. Boxes of gun cartridges and tins of paint and thinners were exploding. It was like the battle of the Somme. An employee, Reg Dexter. had just returned from a job when he saw a small fire in the offices **ln a moment the whole ...

... the Dardenelles landing at Suvla Bay in the Suez area of Egypt and in Belgium and France. He also took part in the Battle of the Somme. won the Military Medal and was mentioned in despatches. Long Service Gifts at Rugby Works LONG -SERVICE presentations ...

... to Join the Royal Sussex Regiment. Mr. Broaker was awarded the Military Medal for his service as a sergeant in the Battle of the Somme, and was commissioned and promoted to captain in 1942. For the past 22 years he has been employed by Robinson. Osborne ...

... Grey, who leaves a widow and two married daughters. He won the M.M. while serving in the Royal Engineers • during the Battle of the Somme. He was A again decorated later in the .7^ First World War, gaining the D.C.M.. and was twice Men- * tioned in Despatches ...

... was found out, and sent back home twice during that year. He later served in other parts of France, and fought in the Battle of the Somme, before being de-mobbed in 1919. The friendships begun in the war are still flourishing, and Mr. Smith has been back ...