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10 - fridayLIVE Friday June 5 1992 'V CLASSICAL SOME I who survived the battle of the Somme Hia account

... 10 - fridayLIVE Friday June 5 1992 'V CLASSICAL SOME I who survived the battle of the Somme Hia account ofita first in 1916 brilliant summer sunshine such stark contrast to the horrors of to follow terrible to hear For him it vivid memory that affected ...

Published: Friday 05 June 1992
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 489 | Page: 70 | Tags: none

THE COLESHILL CHRONICLE SATURDAY JANUARY 6 19i7 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME COUNTY POLICE REPORT COVENTRY CHAIN ..

... results justified Somme battle and long forward towards the final victory of the Allied cause ENEMV’S As our advance progressed four-fifths of tlie total number of enemy divisions engaged the front were thrown one after into the Somme battle some of them twice ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1917
Newspaper: Coleshill Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4414 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

102-YEAR-OLD survivor of the battle of the Somme will this week celebrate a belated birthday present trom the ..

... 102-YEAR-OLD survivor of the battle of the Somme will this week celebrate a belated birthday present trom the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Conrad Holmes, of Alcester, will be guest of honour at an RAMC ummg out parade at hittington Barracks Lichfield ...

Published: Thursday 22 May 1997
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 411 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

A COVENTRY First World War veteran has chosen the 55th anniversary of the first Battle of the Somme to start a ..

... A COVENTRY First World War veteran has chosen the 55th anniversary of the first Battle of the Somme to start a quest for his former comrades. It will be the first time that 112- year-old Mr. Chris Baker has attemoted to relive his wartime He wants to ...

Published: Friday 09 July 1971
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Over the top in July, 1916. by British troops during the Battle of the Somme. It has been described as one of ..

... dogfight battle had to be fought, which was expensive both in casualties, ammunition and material. As a result of the battle it was often possible to advance 100 more miles. only to be bogged down again. In between these periodical battles, there was ...

Published: Saturday 25 July 1964
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 836 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Pi'NCE OP AXES T BEATBB. TO-NIGHT, 730. LAST PEHFORiIANCE. He. FBLJJEitICK IIARRISON3 and in hi* Great Ha ..

... Original Creation. THE BAGGAGE MAN.’* SCALA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM. ALL THIS WEEK. •THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.” o*iag to the enormous demand to see this film, THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME will be Screened DAY (SATURDAY), 145, o’clock, 6.15, 7.45, and 9.10. •' THE WAULS ...

Published: Saturday 09 September 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 270 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

[Copyright hy Ernest yuhlr. THE CHRISTMAS-BOX. BERLIN, 1916

... von Chiet of Staff, “ for the excellent manner in which they checked the Franco-Lritish attacks and thus gajned the battle of the Somme.” The following autograph letter was sent by the Kaiser to the Crown Prince of varia :— In a serious situation, under ...

Published: Friday 22 December 1916
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... LED BY DONKEYS: The Battle of the Somme. What did it feel like to go over the top on Ist July 1916 and to survive the greatest disaster in the history of the British Army? Some of the remaining survivors of the Battle of the Somme, now in their nineties ...

Published: Friday 08 November 1985
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 64 | Tags: none

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... Armin, commanding the 4th German Corps, wrote in the early weeks of August report of about 15,000 words length on the battle of the Somme and the lessons drawn from it. lie covers the whole field of criticism, discussing methods of attack, of defence, c ...

Published: Friday 06 October 1916
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 196 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The Birmingham Post TUESDAY June 2 1998 25 IMAGES OF JULY - DECEMBER 1916 Wasteland of war: Unrecovered bodies lie

... aftermath of a bloody battle on the Somme France 'rV - ' - - - Hero: Sergeant Clarence Steane of Bromsgrove Street Birmingham who was a soldier with the 15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment won the Military Cross during the battle of the Somme in 1916 The medal ...

Published: Tuesday 02 June 1998
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 219 | Page: 25 | Tags: none