... 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 ...

... the public are ve*ome_ to attend. __ — i'lle — dati — liii — bein - especially chosen, as it also commemorates the Battle of the Somme, July lit, 1918. £75 compensation to punched woman A 37 YEAR old HytM man was ordered by New Forest magistrates on Friday ...

... saw action in Flanders in the First World War, and was severely wounded on July Ist. 1916, the first day of the llong Battle of the Somme. He leaves a son, Michael, and a daughter. Vivian. ...

... 1914-18 world war. he was a corporal gun layer in the army. He saw service in Germany and Prance and took part in the Battle of the Somme. In the second world war he did valuable service in the Hume Guard, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He had ...

... Woolwich Arsenal. He was soon called up for First World War service With the Royal Artillery, but wasl killed at the battle of the Somme aged 25 and never saw his daughter Doris. May went to live with her parents, bringing up her daughter and at the same ...

... divisional superintendent, so that her husband Harold could putsue his love of sailing. He had been severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme during the first world war, before being posted to East Africa with the Royal Fusiliers. In 1946 Vera was made divisional ...

... born in Malaya. When war broke out Mr Palmer. who won the V.C. as a Second Lieutenant in the first world war in the battle of the Somme, was called back to Britain for service with the R.A.F When Singapore was over-run by the Japanese, Mrs. Palmer and ...

... MT. sergeant. Ii as while he %if serving in this capacity that he was commissioned on the field at the time of the Battle of the Somme. In 1921 he loft the Army to spend IMO years at a teachers training college where he concentrated on : handicrafts. ...

... until the outbreak of the first world ! war, when he enlisted in the Rosal Scots. Hr fought in France. includ' tit! the Battle of the Somme. And . was twice gassed. It was whilst convalescing during the war at Barton that he met Miss Mabel Lucy Browning, who ...

... William was soon called up for World War 1 service with the Royal Artillery but the following year was killed in the Battle of the Somme at the age of Consequently William never saw his daughter Doris, and May went to 11%c with her parents in Plumstead ...

... Light Infantry, transferring to the Machine Gun Corps in 1915. He had a distinguished war record, takieg part in the Battle of the Somme, but on August 10th, after being wounded by a 86En blast i which blinded him n one eye, was told that he was not fit ...

... Arsenal. He was called up with the Royal Artillery during the First World War, but at the age of 25 was killed at the Battle of the Somme so he never did see his daughter Doris. May went to live with her parents, who looked after thel young girl so that ...