... doesn't someone usually I would picked a dif - Battle of the Somme veteran dies A MAN who survived the Battle of the Somme died aged 91 Frederick Hartston only 19 took part the bloody First World War battle which in the first fire months ...

... will be asked to study Dr Roberts' report COUNCILLOR Betty Pattinson of Conwy a°- Diamonds for Somme veteran Ted A MAN who survived the Battle of the Somme during the First World War has celebrated his Diamond Wedding anniversary Mr Edward Watkin Jones ...

... council Mr Robert Owen 88 was at the service at the promenade cenotaph He served in the First World War and was at the Battle of the Somme Members of the Llandudno army cadets fired a 251b gun at the start of the two minutes silence and also on parade were ...

... Ready for battle a fighter pilot in flying boots and Mae West with his helmet in his hand stands on the spinner of an airscrew Behind him are stretched long lines of sheds at the Derby factory which made the aircraft engines with which the Battle of Britain ...

... around freely His dream was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War when he enlisted in the Army At the Battle of the Somme a small piece of shrapnel was embedded in his spine and fut an end to his career and almost his life or a time he was ...

... ripped through Bert Payne’s face tearing out most of his mouth But 72 years after being wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme 95-year-old Bert recalls the fighting all too vividly “I was in charge of the third wave of our men and we went over ...

... sixteen-mile front along the River Somme— had stopped firing In the trenches young officers glanced at their watches Zero hour Whistles blew Thousands of men went over the top The first day of the Battle of the Somme the bloodiest day in the history of ...

... which has just been published at £1 Miss M Chambers of Rhyl died last year nearly 70 years after her fiance fell in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 Her two poems are moving in their simplicity: “This love can never die it springs from out eternity which knows ...

... Deiniol Tegid THE VIVID memories of a man wounded in the battle of the Somme are to be sold to help a local brain tumour sufferer little Rachel Morris Frank Daly an infantryman in the World War I battle was told by doctors his leg must be amputated because ...

... many years treasurer of the Connexion During the Great War of 1914-18 he served in France and was a veteran of the Battle of the Somme Crash aid firemen in rescue gear protest by Daily Post Reporter FULL-TIME firemen in Clwyd are worried that spending ...

... had soft spot for the way they carry out their duties God and mankind Coming out of the firing line during the first Battle of the Somme in 1916 we were having a cup of tea in Salvation Army canteen LETTERS should be Sent- io Daily: Post Box 48 Old Kail ...

... considering flying to London but British Embassy officials refuse to comment Tears of the old Somme brigade SEVENTY years on surviving veterans of the Battle of the Somme went back yesterday the of Picardy where a quarter of million of their comrades fell between ...