... Claybrook with Wibtoft, 1951-1963. As Rifleman Procter he won the Victoria Cross while serving with the battalion in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On ceasing to be a major unit, its Colours were handed over to the battalion’s successor, the King’'s Company ...

... with the Royal Warwickshires in the first war, and saw action in the front line in France and Belgium, including the Battle of the Somme. He was wounded five times. ...

... Somme warrior dies A man who lost his legs in action at the Battle of the Somme during the First World War, Mr. Walter Sherwood Tallis, of 58 Dunchurch Road, Rugby, died on Saturday at St. Luke's Hospital after a protracted illness. He was 73. Mr. Tallis ...

... % France was the first * person, male or female, » to wear high heels. » THE battle with the * greatest number of mili- : tary casualties was the » first Battle of the Somme in the First World War. 4 1,043,896 soldiers died » of which 419,654 were % British ...

... trade agpnmncesfup but left in August, 1914, for service with the Royal Artillery, being wounded in the foot during the Battle of the Somme in in 1916. On bu# demobilised in Fcbnma. 1916, Mr. Jones returned to the works, completed his apptuucm ip, and then ...

... completed his contract he volunteered for service in the 1914-18 war and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. During the battle of the Somme he was captured, and for the remainder of hostilities was a prisoner of war. On his return he commenced in his old trade ...

... here in 1894. Both men fought for their country in Flanders during the First World War and both were injured in the Battle of the Somme. Since that time they have devoted much of their lives to serving Rugby's interest. Rugby is indeed proud of men like ...

... Coton Road, Hillmorton, served for four and a half years in Italy, Greece and in France where he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme. The other photographs were on postcards sent by his late sister in 1905 bearing halfpenny postage stamps. They depict ...

... railway. He joined the Royal Engineers in the first World ‘War when he laid tracks for ammunition trains. During the battle of the Somme he saw the first tank go into action on July 16, 1916. “We'd never seen anything like it before, it just mangled up ...

... Regiment at the Dardanelles landing at Suvla Bay, in the Suez, and in Belgium and France. He also took part in the Battle of the Somme and in addition (o 0 winning the Military Medal, was mentioned in dispatches Demobilised in June, 1919, Mr. Hickman ...

... the squalor and turmoll of a French bat. tlefield. At home, Albert Lewis' family were informed of his death in the Battle of the Somme ~ ‘killed in action’ are the words on his death certificate, Now a lively 80-year-old, Mr Lewis who lives with his wife ...

... Railways. He served with “E Company, Tth Royal Warwicks, in the first world war, and was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He resumed work with British Railways after the war but, due to his injuries, could not continue. In 1919 he ...