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... has been received by Mr. and Mrs. David Hughes, Gyffin, from their son, Private Thomas Hughes, who was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and also in Egypt. He has just come out of hospital. LLANFAIRFEOH PLAS V.A.D. HOSPITAL.—A whist drive was held at the ...
... honours father and son as a nation remembers A WAR hero whose bravery behind enemy lines during the First World War battle of the Somme won him a top military honour died “of a broken heart” after his only son was killed in action 22 years later Last weekend ...
... yet been touched in France. . I went right through from April to July in the trenches without a scratch. During the battle of the Somme I was blown up at Longueval. A shell entered a bank beneath my feet and burst, blowing me skywards. I landed some dozen ...
... Swinderby, near Lincoln. At the age of 18 he joined the 54th Lincolnshire Regiment, an d when he was 17 he took part in the Battle of the Somme. He was wounded at Lens, and Gardening enthusiast Vivian Spendlove was delighted when his wile. Maria. presented him ...
... Williams, aged 82. He won the Military Medal for gallantry in 1916, while serving with the Ist Battalion RWF in the Battle of the Somme. • See Page 21 SWALLOW FALLS MAY BE FLOODLIT AFTER scrapping a controversial floodlighting scheme at Pont-y-Pair waterfalls ...
... qualified in 1915 and soon joined the RAMC. He was d r afted to France and worked through the holocaust of the Battle of the Somme. During the battle he was a victim of a gas attack and invalided home. Later he was posted to Palestine where he was wounded ...
... Loving home awaits hero’s bear after 77 years on shelf HE IS only tiny bear just inches tall but he survived the bloody Battle of the Somme to become the treasured reminder of heroic officer Edwin Bear childhood favourite of Percy Kynnersley-Baddeley a young ...
... yn atal. Mae lie i gredu y syntychr y ddatt anhawsder hytt yn y ilyfodol agos. SARONIES PICTURES. The famous film, - Battle of the Somme, - was shown at the 'Um% on Thursday and was witnessed with rapt attention by 1,000 people. Tlu thrilling and heroic ...
... casualties suffered the British on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme stand comparison not with battles but with complete wars The British Army’s loss on that one easily exceeds battle casualties in the Crimean War the Boer War the Korean combined ...
... for hich admission is free until June 4 Turning back: Otto Dix’s work showing exhausted troops retreating during the Battle of the Somme The common thread of their work seems to be that man is capable of bestiality on a really grand scale when organised ...
... will be asked to study Dr Roberts' report COUNCILLOR Betty Pattinson of Conwy a°- Diamonds for Somme veteran Ted A MAN who survived the Battle of the Somme during the First World War has celebrated his Diamond Wedding anniversary Mr Edward Watkin Jones ...
... council Mr Robert Owen 88 was at the service at the promenade cenotaph He served in the First World War and was at the Battle of the Somme Members of the Llandudno army cadets fired a 251b gun at the start of the two minutes silence and also on parade were ...