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... Victory in battle at the 'Somme' A MUDDY patch of grass outside liarrowby Lane Methodist Church in Grantham will be tidied up thanks to pressure from a community action group. The piece of land on Princess Drive, known as The Somme, has been turned into ...
... Cartoon by Terry Shelboume Action demanded to halt muddy battle on 'the Somme ' Conference for disabled A MUDDY patch of grass out- Drive is known as tne Somme County Council has agreed to providing proper parking a new junction at the liarrowby side ...
... EVENING TELEGRAPH Wednesday November 16 1994 100th birthday for last of the Chums THE Battle of the Somme left hundreds of young British soldiers dead and many more wounded Among the injured was 21-year-old George Barker of Grimsby shot in the knee on ...
... led by Donkeys. The Battle of the Somme. What did it feel like to go over the top on July 1, 1916 and to survive the greatest diaster in the history of the British Army? Some of the remaining survivors of the Battle of the Somme, now in their nineties ...
... twelve surviving heroes, who won V.C.'s during the Battle of the Somme, who have been invited by the Government to uk:vrurt in a commemorative service at % val in July to mark the anniversary of the battle. But he may not be able to ...
... on the railway until he retired at the age of 65. Mr. Orme served for the remainder of the war 1n France and at the Battle of the Somme he was blown up and buried up to his nefk. Comrades dug him out. ...
... Gosberton Clough Mr Martin Middlebrook, of Swineshead, gave an interesting talk on the Battle of the Somme and the recent Falklands camign to .:;embcn o-iYOOlbet:lon tear- E:”‘m Sub. Vi Middicbrook took with him several relics and some of his books ...
... world war ‘broke out he enlisted in the 'Royal Engineers while under 'age, and served in France, 'taking part in the battle of 'the Somme. ...
... Lincolnshire Regiment, he served in the First World War and was w:unded at Neuve Chapelle in 1915 He fought in the Battle of the Somme and for a time was commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion. In 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross. He commanded ...
... as 'Pop' Lock. Mr Lock was born in 1887, and saw service in the First World War during which be was involved in The Battle of the Somme. He is active in the village, and is fit for a man of his years. Mr Lock's friends wish him well as the oldest man in ...
... Gommecourt on July Ist, 1916. The meeting marked the beginning of a project to cover each village attacked during the Battle of the Somme. ...
... p MICROSCOPE There are 120 cemeteries on the Somme and it was the cumulative effect of these and thinking of the 20,000 killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, he said, explaining the determination to come back and write a book describing ...