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... His thirteenth conviction was unlucky for James Goodwin, an ex-soldier, who lost leg the Battle of the Somme. After he had been convicted at the Southern Police Court, Glasgow, yesterday, of having. as- Vaulted hie wife at Salisbury Street, h ...
... First World War veterans will this week make their last official pilgrimage to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which 60,000 British soldiers died. • The Organisation of African Unity in Port Louis, Mauritius strongly condemned ...
... in Edinburgh, where she was also a well-known golf and hockey player. Her brother, Captafn Lionel Coles, wa« killed Battle oi the Somme, July, 1916. ...
... age, emigrated to Canada in 1920, after having seen active service a Cameron Highlander. He was badly wounded at the Battle of the Somme, and afterwards seriously gassed. xie never fully recovered from his wounds, and last year found it necessary enter ...
... Thursday. September 14— Death of Duke of Wellington (the Iron Duke), 1852. Friday. September 15 Tanks first used in war, Battle of the Somme, 1916. Lunardi, an Italian, made the first successful balloon ascent in Britain, at London in 1784 Saturday. September ...
... ds there, he will remember ; years ago when he, and Qe thousands like him, fought st °ry, le .S rea test battles in European „ battle of the Somme. A, 6 and lives at Haig House, en Ue r soldiers in Dorchester 1 l 9' Glas Bow. I Was a young soldier in the ...
... That Terrible Day Fifty Years Ago AT 7.30 a.m., July 1, 1916, we began the Battle of the Somme. By nightfall, British troops had 50,000 casualties—the bloodiest day of both world wars. As I opened a box of ammunition, a chunk of German shell whizzed past ...
... would be nice to see cheery chef McFee returning to liven things up bit!— Mrs E. McKenna, 180 Mac Alpine Rd., Dundee. BATTLE OF THE SOMME Leo McKern'B simple narrative gave added poignancy to this moving programme. GENERAL HOSPITAL medal of the highest order ...
... year-old Harry Campbell, of Maxwelltown, Dumfries. As he sits in his wheelchair his mind will go back 50 yearsto the first Battle of the Somme. Harry was standing on parapet, scanning the battlescarred countryside, when there was a flash and an explosion. He ...
... April 21, 1916, he signed up to fight in World War I. Within three months, he was in the trenches, preparing for the Battle of the Somme. r « jmimiiiiiiiiiiiiiniirmimi When the order came to go over the top, John had hardly taken a few steps when bullet ...
... My maiden name is Moore. —Jessie M. Punlop, Sidehead, Hurlford, Kilmarnock. Brose Did The Trick I WAS gassed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and suffered acute digestive trouble until 1936, when I went on holiday to Renfrewshire. My landlady gave me ...
... desire to have presented to her Miss White, matron of the Kidderminster Hospital, and one who had been through the battle of the Somme, and al6o saw a good deal of war service. On the Queen and the Duke of York en- taring the tent, they at once took up ...