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... served in the 2nd. Wilts during the Great War and return to his work in the G.W.R Works after being wounded at the Battle it The Somme in 1916. He was 49 years of age and leaves a widow and three chqdren. The service was held at St. Barnabas Church and ...

Published: Friday 01 September 1939
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 447 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LIGHTNING STRIKE. Dispute jn the Swindon G.W.R. Works. WORK SOON RESUMED. Four hundred men in the the ..

... 39 years. During the Great War he served is Bombardier in the Royal Field Artille-y. in 1914. He was wounded at the battle of the Somme in 1916. and was iivalided from service, and was awarded a certificate of gratitude from the then Mayor of Swindon (Mr ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1936
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 475 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

THE WAR

... unmade. The Battle of The —Sir Douglas Haig s dispatch on the Battle of the Somme, tho greatest and fiercest conflict in which British troops have ever fought has been issued. states that the eremy’s power lias not been broken, but the Somme ...

SHAW FARM SCHEME

... Doomed Idol of Militarism and with the Triumph of the New Army ; sketches and articles, in prose and verse, on tf‘;e Battle of the Somme; more Benevolent Neutrality ; a German Heart-to heart Talk . War-time Advertisements; Dodging the Flag a new sport for ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 1916
Newspaper: Devizes and Wilts Advertiser
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 491 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

BRAVERY IN THE FIELD

... W. Major Alexander. PRESIDENT OF AIR BOARD. .s&sflS »*T i ♦ THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch. Greatest Battle in History. Sir T>migl:t* Haig* the (totll- thi- Somme, the mnl oonßiiSin which Hriti.li troops have ever fought, lm. ...

,11L'TLER-LICWIS

... dress. with • navy coat and accessories. WILTS OLD COMRADES Swindon Parade and Drumhead Service In commemoration of the Battle of floe Somme (1 July. 1916). the EwMdon branch of the Wiltshire Regiment Cld Comrades' Association w:11 hold a parade and drumhead ...

Published: Friday 08 July 1938
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

MARRIAGES

... IVRY —ln memory of our dear son brother, Pte. William Carey, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, killed in welkin in the Battle on the Somme, deptember 24th. 1916, in his 29th year: ekt,st dearly-loved son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Goddard, bush House, Chtsledtm. ...

Published: Friday 20 September 1929
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 532 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

CRITIC As I See 'lbws

... replaced by a multiple stores. Joining the Army at the age of 18. he took his violin into action. and lest it during the Battle of the Somme. After demobilisation he joined Trevor Matthews' Imperial Jazz Quartette. In 1927 he became musical director of the ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1941
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 630 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SINT —ln loving memory of my dear mother. Charlotte Bint. who passed away 21 September, 1932, aged 69. at Mermaid,

... loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte William Cave'', 2nd Battalion Coidstream Guards, killed in action in the battle on the Somme, 24 September. 1916, in his 29th year, eldest dearly loved son of Mrs. A Goddard and the late Albert Goddard, of Badbury ...

Published: Friday 24 September 1937
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 608 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Pal*tobarg Cauttt

... and yAuet the lt.A MA - - and ha• :wen :it the irtmt far it, la Li , Battle of the Somme he wan Ladli gmad and wntimled. The beau tie.' for whirl i.e deeerated took in the Battle of .Irme rune. ofheee ')nly 24 rf age. OF; in.inirmtntinn, of the f:inPral ...

Published: Friday 20 July 1917
Newspaper: North Wilts Herald
County: Wiltshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 656 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE HEALTH SERVICE

... Bovington Camp, where he was drafted to the 2nd Battalion in preparation for service in France. He was wounded at the battle of the Somme, and discharged in October, 1917. Mrs. Chapman, formerly Miss Alice Gertrude Ash. was the eldest of a family of eight ...