... 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 ...

... Coventry, have been informed that their son, Gunner E. Deely, R.F.A., was wounded by shrapnel in the thigh in the Battle of the Somme. He is now in a Liverpool hospital. Before enlisting he was employed at the Swift works, AR MR e B R S % 'k{’;it%@.::a ...

... cable tele: vision in reaching areas where transmitted reception was poor, . But a national cable nets work—a second Battle of the Somme” — could take 20-25 years. ...

... Machine Gun Corps, has won the Military Medal after being in France 12 months. This is the reward for services in the Battle of the Somme. He was employed at the Swift Works, and lodged at 14, Clarence Street, Coventry. Oakes is a native of Kidderminster ...

... The Empire Theatre, The official pictorial story of the Battle of the Somme which is being shown thrice daily at the Empire Theatre is attracting record bouses. The object of giving every publicity to the picture is to bring home to the munition workers ...

... McDowell lo 20 My Kind of Movie. Dilys Powell . explains why she has chosen On The Town for tomorrow night’s film. The Battle of the Somme. Malcom Brown’s documentary, first shown in 1976, narrated by Lleo McKern walking the scarred battlefields. On July ...

... 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 ...

... Letters to the Editor 56 years after « « « On July 1 some 56 years ago the three-month Battle of the Somme broke out. In it were the lads of 1/6 pattalion South Staffords. This battalion was comprised of lads from Wolverhampton and adjacent towns and ...

... the story of Germany’s flying aces in World War L The Blue Max was the highest honour for gallantry in the air. The Battle of the Somme sequences are among the screen’s most memorable reconstructions of the carnage of trench warfare. 9 3PP of 1972. Alastair ...

... so—~News Headlines. 1.55-—Ragtime. 2.lo—Goldwyn Greats.®* Roman Scandals, Starring Eddie Cantor. 3.3s—The Great War.* Battle of the Somme. 4.ls—The Basil Brush Show. 4.4s—Alias Smith and Jones. Featuring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. s.3s—Heidi. Part 5. A doctor ...

... written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett, directed by Ken Loach, covering the ten-year period 1916- 1926, the Battle of the Somme to the General Strike. The series follows the fortunes of three young people against a background of momentous years ...

... 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 ...