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... and The Hobbit 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 ...
... 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 ...
... modern educational stan-dards On the teaching of history in schools seems ridiculous pupil’s next door could be a hero Battle of the Somme the pupil is probably learning King Henry's address ai Agincourt (doubtful facts! R ...
... 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 ...
... organisation which was nonpolitical. He, wanted to say that he joined the K.R.R.'s in August, 1914, and lost his arm in the battle of the Somme in 1916. Since then he had been actively engaged in organising the ex-Service-men, in looking after the widows, children ...
... on Sunday, July 7 at Aston Parish Church. During the service those members of the Bth battalion who perished in the battle of the Somme, or who died defending the retreat from Dunkirk will be remembered. A new standard for the 70th battalion of Old Comrades ...
... Somme veteran gets a call-up MYou are older than the RAMC” And the band played a special medley in his honour including Run Rabbit Run and Lili Marlene Mr Holmes fought on the Somme during a stint of almost two years in France He was wounded but saw later ...
... his book u the true story of a clerk who enlisted in .1914, fought for nearly two yea was severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. It is the aim of the story to show that quiet aid religious borne surrotindim ...
... Richard Bate British Noe Lear Teat Veteran Avow Meeting eve Thur. Feb 4. Nautical Club. Timm Seer Visite to 77th ann of Battle of the Somme. contact Ale: Bulloch. 021-459 9006. Mum Meeting I.3pm Mon Feb 1, RAFA HQ. Church Road. Sheldon. details 7 2318. ITUaldric ...
... of war includes an examination of official cinematography Western front in Great War and in particular making of The Battle of the Somme Government's major to cinema propaganda WORKING FAITH Politics Stewart Lam-ont Dr Dudley Edwards Dr Edmund Jones Raymond ...
... was born in Cambrai France He was the first person to come to Britain without arriving by sea 1916: First day of the battle of the Somme in the First World War In less than 24 hours there were 60000 British casualties BIRTHDAYS Dan Aykroyd actor 46 Pamela ...
... Drummer boy A drummer boy from Birmingham was honoured city yesterday almost years after he fell in battle Edward Charles was 21 when he the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 while serving with the Boyal Warwickshire Regiment three nephews who never saw him ...