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... Herbert Verrity. of Addlestone, a veteran of the battle of the Somme, died at St Peter's Hospital on October 7, aged 95. Mr Verrity, known as Bert, was born in 1898 and fought in the battle of the Somme while serving in the West Yorkshire Regiment. He ...

Published: Thursday 21 October 1993
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 281 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

Sudden Death of Mr. J. D. Barnwell ENTHUSIASTIC CYCLIST AND TOC H SECRETARY A host of Weybridge and district ..

... international goodwill, and belonged to the former League of Nations Union. In the first world war he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme, and when demobilbled took up again his profession as a schoolmaster in Surrey and London schools. Six years ago he ...

Published: Friday 16 June 1950
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 250 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

—E----Illionday

... Everyman Special. A Game of Ghosts. Exploring the legacy of pain and guilt left with four soldiers who survived the Battle of the Somme 11.55 Colour Eye. 12.25 Weather BB C 2 8.45 Open University; 7.35 Interval; 8.00 News; 8.15 Westminster; 9.00 Yesterday ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1991
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 338 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

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... 561122 TJ tar L. Bryan d ied S t. Peter ' s 11 °sPita l, served in the first world warHe w as a widower without at the battle of the Somme in st worked voluntarily for Lionel Leslie Bryan, of aged 68. children. The funeral service past 25 years. re- The ...

Published: Wednesday 30 December 1987
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 427 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Jail terms are cut for torturers of man, 95

... Church Street, Staines, during a five-hour ordeal won sentence reductions last week. Victor Derrick, who survived the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, was punched and beaten by two intruders as he lay tied to his bed. Appeal judge Mr Justice Buckley ...

Published: Thursday 07 February 1991
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 490 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... dealt with by those men involved in the Battle of the Somme, fought 75 years ago 8.30 Wildlife Showcase. The numerous birds that enjoy the tranquility of Marquenterre, a sanctuary on the estuary of the river Somme on the Normandy coast 9.00 Bottom. New ...

Published: Thursday 12 September 1991
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 438 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

18 THE STAINES INFORMER Sisters have winning ways in movie quiz TWO youngsters from Feltham are in for 12 months

... bulldozers have moved onto the ground to move trees which Mrs Lenten-Smith says makes the whole place look like the Battle of the Somme She said: “The property was repossessed by the Bank of India two years ago A spate of developers approached the bank ...

Published: Friday 07 November 1997
Newspaper: Staines Informer
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 567 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Shut factory hands out £60,000 windfall Three organisations have received a £20,000 gift from the social dab of ..

... tenant then refused to pay the rent. A HERALD & NEWS, THURSDAY. JULY 27. 3 Oldso r es after rent battle with Spelthorne A GREAT War veteran, who had been battling against Spelthorne Council's rent increases, has died only days after receiving a letter from ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1989
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 555 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

6 THE STAINES INFORMER WEEK ENDING FRIDAY JUNE 14th 1996 PINE We have a large range of occasional and bedroom

... CALL 0345 680 680 hftp:wwvv exchangeandmarfcouk Fools perhaps but cowards - no way TO MARK the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme (July 1 1916) campaigners seek posthumous pardons for the hundreds of British soldiers shot for cowardice in the Great ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1996
Newspaper: Staines Informer
County: Middlesex, England
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Miss G R Nicholls

... Berkshire Regiment on the outbreak of World War One and survived two serious woundings, one of which he got at the Battle of the Somme. After the war he attended college and eventually joined the Civil Service where he worked for 40 years, retiring in ...

Published: Thursday 15 February 1990
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 660 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Modest ace who met the Queen

... medals were awarded for being shot down at Saint Quentin, in France, by a German Fokker aircraft at the start of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, and for escaping from a prisoner of war camp at Hanover, 15 months later. The Strohen Kreis ...

Published: Thursday 21 May 1987
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 681 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

pi 'grim progress

... completed hundreds of paintings, and has given many exhibitions. including a recent one in France to commemorate the battle of the Somme. UPPER CUT 292 Molesey Road All proceeds from the auction of paintings at the end of the pilgrimage will go to the Spafford ...

Published: Thursday 19 November 1998
Newspaper: Staines & Ashford News
County: Middlesex, England
Type: | Words: 719 | Page: 13 | Tags: none