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VICTORIA HALL, SOSTHSEA. AND FOREMOST ALWAYS. OSCAR WILDE’S FAMOUS M)VEL LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN All-British ..

... Tnro Parts. H2S HEREAFTER. One of tho Renowned Triangle Keystones. Coming OCTOBER sth for Three days onlv THE BRITISH BATTLE DF THE SOMME.” Issued the British War Office, as seen by their Majesties the King and Queen at Windsor Castle. THE ©iL Y f¥i IA STOKE ...

Published: Monday 25 September 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 134 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Mr. T. J. Smith

... to the rank of major. Five times he was mentioned in dispatches and twice wounded. The official history of the 1916 Battle of the Somme states that Major Powell crept before dawn to a shell hole in close proximity to the German wire, where he lay for the ...

Published: Friday 06 February 1942
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FROM THE TRENCHES. GLOOMY GERMAN WARRIOR. Reuter’s war correspondent, who has been seeing some of the ..

... Infantry Regiment is very pessimistic the eve going into battle. He Avrites; When you read these lines I shall longer amongst the living. I shall have breathed my last breath before the enemy on the Somme. I could not prevent Prussian militarism from driving ...

Published: Friday 13 October 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

No Record

... ever been in the War? Moylan: Yes, 1 was at the front until I was taken prisoner. Where did you win the `'.C.?—At the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Alderman White: It is extraordinary. There is no record of it., V.C.'s are not given away with a pound of tea ...

Published: Friday 09 August 1935
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Relief of Troops

... think about is the most successful manner of meeting our attacks. One of the most important lessons drawn from the Battle of the Somme is that under heavy methodical artillery fire the front line should be only thinly held, but by reliable men and a few ...

Published: Friday 06 October 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 504 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

John Masters

... terrifying mountain assaults . . . on a dangerous secret warmission in Italy through the sLime and horror of the Battle of the Somme and experience the cowardice and heroism that emerge in a ghastly Indian earthquake. Read what Peter Savage's ambitions ...

Published: Tuesday 12 March 1957
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Moblllztd In Three Hour*

... Kitchener’s new armies. By this time had been promoted to the rank of major. After training the battery they took part the battle of the Somme. Later Col. Barrell was invalided home, and then followed period as Chief Instructor of Gunnery Preesheath in Shropshire ...

Published: Friday 22 January 1932
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Ths Fltntsa of Things

... ‘Mary’ s tower on the top of Thiepval, of the which preserves the memory annihilation of the Ulster Division in the Battle of the Somme. t is a copy of a tower in Antrim. It brings the spirit of Ulster’s sacrifice to that desolate region. And the Menin ...

Published: Friday 20 September 1929
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

MAJOR W. H. POWELL

... in the Army. He was with the Royal Artillery in France, Belgium, and Italy in the last war, and for gallantry in the Battle of the Somme in 1910 he was awarded the D.S.O. He had won promotion in the field, and was the first ranker officer in the R.A. to ...

Published: Thursday 09 September 1943
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 198 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Allied High Commissioners’

... at Charing Cross. Deceased served in the R.A.M.C. with the Middlesex Regt., and was gassed in the first battle of the Somme, and in the third battle of Ypres. The gassing seriously affected his lungs, but he had not threatened, his life. MR. BRACE S ADVICE ...

Published: Tuesday 23 March 1920
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 198 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

VICTORIA HALL., SOITTHSEA. FIRST AND FOREMOST ALWAYS. - OSCAR WILDE’S FAMOUS NOVEL 'LADY FflSl,'’ An All ..

... Parts, “HIS HEREAFTER.’’ One the Renowned Triangle Keystones Fomins’ OCTOBER sth, for three davs onlr, “THE BRITISH BATTLE OF THE SOMME.” I*«ued the British War Office, as seen •I Their Majoctiee the King' and Queen at Windsor Cactle. motor school, Road ...

Published: Tuesday 26 September 1916
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HEADS PARKS COMMITTEE

... he became a major at 28. He was promoted in the field and awarded the D.S.O for two specific acts of gallantry the Battle of the Somme. Five time he was mentioned in dispatches. ...

Published: Monday 17 November 1952
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 186 | Page: 7 | Tags: none