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The Battle of the Somme and After. .

... The Battle of the Somme and After. . . Sir Douglas Haig s cffictil account piths Battle of the Somme—the greatest battle in the history of the wntld—is hitbls encouraging. The objects cf the offensive I Were lint to relieve he pressure on ...

THE SOMME

... THE SOMME. p~evious volumes of the Michelin Guides hav • be~n noticed in these columns. The latest, which deals with the first battle of the Somme (I ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1920
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 132 | Tags: none

recognisable by the confident touch of the most professional of painters. Gunn be - lieved in 'thin painting', ..

... by 18in. James Gunn married his first wife, Gwendoline Hillman, widow of Guy Thorne, in 1919 COUNTRY LIFE Eve of the Battle of the Somme, and some of the e ar for sale. Mo t enjoyable are the portraits of these do e to him: Pride, Hutchin on and, above ...

Published: Thursday 30 March 1995
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 450 | Page: 69 | Tags: none

through the cleared woodland, rabbits appear from everywhere, and shooting is

... it is as well to take q uite a minor part, as well out of range as you can manage. The bombardment may recall the Battle of the Somme and is likelv to be almost as dangerous. But these sh.oots are effective : bags of two to three hundred rabbits are ...

Published: Saturday 25 February 1939
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 146 | Page: 49 | Tags: none

1-George 11 silver Hanoverian forks and tablespoons (set of 12 each) by Elias Cathcart. £2,420. Three knives ..

... recruiting posters ·commissioned before the Battle of the Somme in 1916. £275 for a lot of five TAKE P THE SWORD OF JUSTICE (Right) 2 and 3-Patriotic recruiting posters ·commissioned before the Battle of the 42 Somme in 1916. £275 for a lot of five ...

Published: Thursday 21 January 1993
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 336 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

VETERA CHARGERS

... celebrated police horse Quicksilver, who has perhaps the most distinguished record of all. Quicksilver was wounded at the Battle of the Somme, lived through the perilous days of the Ypres salient, and finally entered Germany with the econd Army. Anotl er charger ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1934
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 196 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

reflecting his wish to watch constantly over his appearance for, as he noted coyly, 'some say I am beautiful'. To

... taste. But one tragedy haunted Pamela: the loss of her beloved older son Edward, nicknamed 'Bim', who was killed in the battle of the Somme. Bim had also written poetry and, unlike Stephen, was manly. One of Stephen's most upsetting memories was of his mother ...

Published: Thursday 06 April 2006
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 224 | Page: 120 | Tags: none

GOOD NEWS

... Terrace. London, S.W.. and see it they can help her in sending out parcels. Pte. C. F. Yorkshire Regt.. who in the Battle of the Somme. and wounded the head. is now reported to have been taken priaoner. He is in the Giessen Camp, Germany. His home address ...

Images of an appalling war LTHOUGH the First World War was an appalling and protracted nightmare, it generated ..

... oyal H ospi tal R oad , Ch e l sea, SW 3 . (June 20-july 14). The exhibition runs over the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme on July I. Aid for Amazon Indians LANDOWN ER S should put up signs inviting walkets to picnic on theit land. This plea ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1996
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 264 | Page: 88 | Tags: none

UN GRAND MAiTRE

... serving with the East Surreys (transferring to the Welsh Guards) and being twice wounded during the first 24 hours of the Battle of the Somme, on Tuly 1, 1916. Courage is not the least of his virtues. He needed it when, in 1978, at the age ofBs, failing sight ...

Published: Thursday 21 January 1982
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 771 | Page: 54 | Tags: none

First World War. He joined the Bedfordshire Yeomanry, was promoted captain, wounded twice and won the MC. His ..

... was promoted captain, wounded twice and won the MC. His accounts of life in the trenches, particularly during the Battle of the Somme, are riveting but horrifying. After the war he was appointed ADC to his brother-in-law George Lloyd, who was Governor ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 1986
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 353 | Page: 200 | Tags: none

THIS UNTIDY LAND

... resemblance in scale, material and architectural character, between Lutyens's great Thiepval arch, commemorating the Battle of the Somme, and the Cathedral design .. Although only the crypt ofLutyens's Cathedral was built, the Thiepval memorial has more ...

Published: Thursday 23 April 1981
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 750 | Page: 102 | Tags: none