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... first world war, and was wounded three times. For two years after the war he was disabled from wounds received in the battle of the Somme. He had entered the leice force at the age of 20 and after the war rejoined. He was promoted sergeant in 1922, inspector ...

George recalls heaven and hell

... tc France., where he was stationed on the Albert Front. He saw, heard and feit the seven-day bombardment before the Battle of the Somme. ~ “At 730 am on July 1. Evening Telegraph, Satarday, August 6, 1966 it g H - i A 3 B T P 50,3 g ¥ S g R f& A ‘g o ...

Published: Saturday 06 August 1966
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 318 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... M ] minutes but if you’ve got five fields you get a continuous noise. ~ “On Sunday it sounded like the Battle of the Somme.” Sue Fuller of Franklin Way also said her dog Sam is on tranquillisers. “The noise is affecting all the dogs in the area,” she ...

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... tranquillisers because of the constant noise. Mr Caira said that on Sunday the disturbance was SO great it sounded like the Battle of the Somme. He has complained to environmental health officers who are investigating. (00JAN54DC) ...

B MEMORIAL – Tony Clarke, MP for Northampton South, unveils the sign in Walter Tull Way

... leading to Sixfields Leisure Park. was named Walter Tull Way vesterday. after the sportsman who was killed at the second Battle of the Somme in 1918. Tony Clarke. MP for Northampton South, was joined by members of the Sixfields Anti- Racism Working Party to ...

Published: Tuesday 05 September 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

B WE WILL REMEMBER THEM – Wreaths are laid at the Walter tull memorial last year

... specifically Northampton Town’'s footballers who fought and died in two world wars.” Mr Tull was Killed at the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918 at the age of 29. Sidney Pugh. an Arsenal player who guested for Northampton and died in a flving accident in ...

Published: Thursday 02 November 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 338 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

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... Sat ) @ Graham Parker, rock singer, 50 | the House of Commons. [ i @ Gavin Peacock, footballer, 33 | ® ;9;6 The first battle of the Somme 4 . mite, but only a fiend in human people at King's Cross. | RGOS, form could have invented the Nobel | @ 1926 George ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 191 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

I _| TURNING BACK THE YEARS More heroes of the Great War unveiled

... else. “Their parents lived in Welford “They lived in Herbert Street when he re-enlisted in 1914. He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme and on returning to the front he was Kkilled a few weeks before the Armistice. “Alfred Riley served with the “Rifleman ...

Published: Monday 20 November 2000
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 424 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

L Movie channels

... The Trench (1999). A platoon of British soldiers waits for the big push in the mud and cold of 1916 France. At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, General Douglas Haig sent wave upon wave of soldiers over the wire against the German guns 11.40 Beloved (1999) ...

Published: Tuesday 20 February 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 462 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Election2ool Vote?...Vd rather be celebrating my birthday

... met Margaret once or twice in Northampton and she was very nice.” Her late husband Albert Farey, who fought in the Battle of the Somme, was a borough councillor in Northampton who joined the Liberals after years of being in the Labour Party Th der Mrs ...

Published: Tuesday 29 May 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 327 | Page: 5 | Tags: none