... 16th Lancers before the last war, and saw severe fighting in France. After his unit had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Somme, he was sent for training in the Royal Flying Corps, with which he served in the closing stages of the war. He was later ...

... w'ar, took part in the Gallipoli landing, uud was afterwards sent to France, where h« arrived in time for the first Battle of (lie Somme. Barnoldswick Attack Shines Again Bamoldswick Attack Shines again. Another success, their seventh df the season, came ...

... It was estimated that during the 1914- war the numlwr of pigeons ‘*n active service was between and 400.000. In the battle of the Somme the French are said to have employed 5.000 birds, and that only two per cent, failed to deliver the messages carried ...