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GREAT CHART

... leaving a widow and two sons. Born near Lewes. he later worked at Godinton. He received severe wounds in the second Battle of the Somme and later was trained by the Government as an upholsterer, at which trade he was,' manager in Dover and London. The ...

Published: Friday 06 July 1956
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

WE SHOULD LEARN TO VALUE OUR FREEDOM

... from the com- I end with the last memoration of the sentence of the ad-70th anniversary of the dress by the Duke of battle of the Somme at Kent at the Tiepval Tiepval may 1 com- memorial service, ment on the cor- uoted from The respondence concern- ?nmm; ...

23478 C As the sun shone, Noah's Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat after 150 days of

... rest on the mountains of Ararat after 150 days of consecutive rain. Noah was then said to be aged 600. 1916 The first battle of the Somme ended. 1928 The first Mickey Mouse cartoon, Steamboat Willie, was shown. 1987 The worst fire in the history of the London ...

Published: Wednesday 18 November 1998
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 101 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THIS flashback picture takes William Pearce more than 50 years back in time, to when he fought in the trenches

... when he fought in the trenches along the Somme in the First World War. Then. he was a young lad of IN. fighting like an other man in France. Today. he is 72. and still vividly remembers the first battle of the Somme. At the tune the picture was taken. ...

Published: Thursday 04 September 1969
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 90 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Mr. F. Necks Iliawkbormo

... Fred Weeks. of Armitage 1 2 1sre. Hawithurst. died on Sat , irday. aged 81. A retired gardeuer. Mr. Weeks fought in battle 01 the Somme . — lie celebrated hip golden wedding anniversary in 1960 and leaves a widow three sons and three daughters, Mrs. D ...

Published: Friday 19 April 1963
Newspaper: Kent & Sussex Courier
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 88 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WAR SERVICE

... WAR SERVICE On the outbreak of the 1914-18 war he joined a battalion of Lowther's . Lambs” and was wounded at the battle of the Somme, sustaining a comminuted fracture of the right leg. After being in hospital at Northampton for nine months, he was t ...

Published: Wednesday 24 March 1954
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

1863: The Battle of Gettysburg Britain were called up. during the American Civil war 1940: Jersey is occupied ..

... abolished. 1910: The Union of South Happy birthday to: Princess Africa is formed. Diana, 36; Trevor Eve, actor 1916: The Battle of the Somme who played Eddie Shoestring, ~starts. : Y -~ -46; Kenneth Clarke, former 1939: The first conscripts in g;rancdior of ...

Published: Tuesday 01 July 1997
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 99 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

2 oo g I've achieved one of my Lloyd George becomes prime minister of a coalition. aims by reaching the

... gr%unds of Pitchford e Easter Rising in Dublin is suppressed. N.mm Hall, Shropshire, is a : ) nlture version i 0 The Battle of the Somme involves the first use of tanks. 16th century hall. The tree RN house on stilts is believed Conscription is introduced ...

Published: Monday 20 January 1997
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 108 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

TRADITIONAL

... observed through the eyes of the women of a north country town whose men join Kitchener's army and are annihilated at the battle of the Somme in 1916. Brian Cooter directs. The Story of Cinderella (December 29-January 5): A traditional pantomime with the added ...

Published: Friday 06 July 1984
Newspaper: Mid Sussex Times
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

RETIRES AFTER 42 YEARS

... Station, He served in World War | with the Northumberland Fusiliers and was awarded the M-M. for gallantry during the Battle of the Somme, While with the City Police, he was commended nine times. To mark his retirement, his friends in the force presented ...

Published: Friday 28 April 1961
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

VICAR RETURNING TO KENT

... ordination in 1920. Mr. Langhorne served as an officer in World War I with the Queen's Regiment, was wounded at the Battle of the Somme and later served with the Royal Engineers in Palestine and Syria. His first curacy was at Ashford (1920-241 and he has ...

Published: Friday 31 December 1954
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 5 | Tags: none