THE SKY

... THE SKY. COMING - THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. PRICES : 3d., 4d., 7d., 10d. (Including War Tax) VICTORIA ORCHESTRA Mirka Director: MR. T. W. RENSHAW , TELEPHONE 334. SEATS MAY BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE. 'Elution *alias. MANBYI7LD PA It I,IA 11 ENTA RY BY-ELBCTION ...

Published: Friday 08 September 1916
Newspaper: Mansfield Reporter
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 468 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LEEDS SERVICE

... LEEDS SERVICE. Memory of Comrades of the Somme. To commemorate the men of Leeds and district who made the supreme 1 sacrifice during the battle of the Somme in July, 1916, the Leeds Branch of the British Legion held a Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph ...

Enjoy a low level cuppa

... That is, that small • • piece of land where so many died sixty • • years ago at the Battle of the Somme. • • I would like all old soldiers who were in that • • battle to write to me, giving details of experi - • • ences, drawings of the landscape, trench ...

Published: Thursday 21 April 1977
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
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Brussels

... Everybody had expected a major battle, with heavy casualties. Indeed, one Army officer said within the wading of Bomber Com. mud chief Sir Arthur Harris that he ed a con/lict tom le to that first battle of the 'Somme. when there were 70,000 casualties ...

Published: Friday 07 April 1978
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 515 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

XXXVI. OUR WOMEN MAYORS. Councillor Mrs. J. H. Davies, J.P., Mayor of Welshpool

... member of the Welsh:pool Borough Bench. Of their three sons who fought in the Great War, the youngest was killed in the battle of the Somme while commanding his Company in the Ist R.W. Fusiliers, and a second was awarded the Military Cross. As Mayor, Mrs. ...

Published: Friday 06 September 1929
Newspaper: Vote
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 539 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WARWICKSHI MAN'S DIARY

... triumph over adversity. For, after losing both legs while serving with the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade, in the battle of the Somme in 1916, Mr. Eaves came back and started work at the Morris Motors Engines factory in Coventry. invitation of the Birmingham ...

Published: Monday 21 April 1958
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
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TTT;

... his new life 10.30 REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE. From Coventry Cathedral 11.30 PALS. First World War veterans recall the Battle of the Somme 12.00 THE HUMAN FACTOR. Visiting Niklas Frank, whose father Hans was a Nazi war criminal 12.30 FLAVOUR Of THE MONTH ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1989
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
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IMAM

... (fear son and brother. Corpora! d ward CharleK 3loorcrort 13 London ment, Royal Ftodliers. killed in :all , r first battle of the Somme, October 3i d. 1916. We have loot him, we who loved him, Hut, like uthem lau,t be brace: For we know that he is slee ...

Published: Friday 03 October 1919
Newspaper: Mansfield Reporter
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 490 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Music man out of retirement

... James Knott. It was written only a day before James, who was aecondiinicommand of the 10th Be. West Yorks, died in the Battle of the Somme. Both James and his brother, Basil, whose names live on in the church's dedication to the t iro o net i i n n ti tie ...

Published: Thursday 04 June 1981
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 687 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

CLARE WELL

... the bravery of the troops, and especially of the Ulster Division in a series of attacks at the Battle of the Somme. One of the most splendid sights that battle was the dash of the Ulstermen and other Irishmen in an attack against an almost impregnable German ...

Published: Saturday 20 July 1918
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
County: Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 664 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MANSFIELD AMUSEMENTS VICTORIA HALL

... comedies, etc., will complete the programme. The special attraction for the latter part of the week will be the famous Battle of the Somme film, which will be shown by special arrangement with the War Office, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There will ...

Published: Friday 22 September 1916
Newspaper: Mansfield Reporter
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 673 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Hempen we have -157.4

... an7l the diaries of those involved in the battle of the Somme. Modem. hate already started research. and production will begin at Easter to commemorate the 70th anniversary next year of the First World War battle. Producer. teacher Terry Deary. said. We ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1985
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
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