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... and The Hobblt stayed at the Hag-ley Road hotel with his wife Edith on the night before he was called to fight in the Battle of the Somme A room at the hotel will be dedicated to the couple's memory and a blue entrance plaque has been donated by the Tolkien ...
... times in the 1914-18 war and was one of 30 survivors from the Royal Warwickshires during the frontline action of the Battle of the Somme During the Second World War he served as an air raid warden He and his 90-year-old wife both worked at GEC Wltton The ...
... died in Sutton Coldfleld ' 102 William Benton born the town served the 10th Royal Warwickshire Regiment action the Battle of the Somme At Bapaume he lost leg operated on without became prisoner of war After the war worked TXmlop Erdlngton until '' A widower ...
... battlefields are being organised by a Midland travel agent Identifying and locating the graves of men who fell in the Battle of the Somme nearly 70 years ago is part of a new coach tour service ‘We have already proved that we can do it” said Mr John Bodycote ...
... hospital fa 'No surrender' over gun trophy A MIDLAND farmer could lose the treasured revolver his grandfather used in the Battle of the Somme -because of the new handgun legislation Under one of the most controversial aspects of the new law the police are insisting ...
... USED DATSUNS OUR SPECIALITY A Birmingham brother and as the city honoured their father nearly after his death in the Battle of the Somme Mrs Margaret Anderson aged and her brother Mr William Straine 73 attended special ceremony Birming-ham’s Hall of Memory ...
... thousands of other Birmingham servicemen who died Pilgrimage Mr Harris’s book to be published on May 1 features the Battle of the Somme the 80th anniversary of which is commemorated this year including an exhibition at Dudley Museum Mr Harris said: “My ...
... advantage of knowing how to use libraries how to make books and computers work for them” Then she’s off For books on the Battle of the Somme eminent Victorians and the daily life of the ancient Egyptians - all flavours of the afternoon in schools like Kings ...
... First World War veteran Conrad Holmes found himself back on pa rade yesterday more than 80 years after surviving the battle of the Somme The 102-year-old former private In the Royal Army Medical Corps was Invited to Inspect young soldiers passing out at ...
... workers 1916: Clocks are put forward an hour under a new daylight saving scheme aimed at conserving coal supplies Battle of the Somme First tanks used in warfare New Canal Street Digbeth Birmingham 0121-643 ...
... Birmingham veteran of the conflict recalled his part in one of its bloodiest battles Norman Edwards now aged 105 is thought to be the oldest surviving veteran of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 which claimed 60000 British casualties in its first day Then he ...
... Disraeli and Dr W G Grace steered England to victory against Australia Her husband was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 leaving her with five children to bring up Her family put her longevity down to living a simple life NEW POSTING: ...