... coincidence that he was captured in 1916 which is when the Kings Royal Rifles who trained in Denham fought and died in the Battle of the Somme “I find it salutory that former enemies could join together in burying a comrade who was interred in Denham churchyard ...

... s on tape after serving at the battles of Mons Nevy Mes-sines Ypres Arras and Cambrai These will be kept by the Aylesbury and National Army museums Three years ago he attended the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and re- Major Matthews traced his ...

... church They stand in memory to the vicar’s brother Frederic Muspratt who died aged 18 in the Battle of the Somme and former villagers Sir Barrie Heath a one-time Battle of Britain fighter pilot and Jack Matthew Clarke-Campbell of the Royal Navy The vicar the ...