... on Ist August, 1916, He was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and was in hospital in France for a few weeks. On recovering I‘;e again went to the fromt, and on 10th November, he was wounded at the battle of the Ancre. He was sent on to England and ...

... the Prime Minister and his words. Let me remind you of the facts. On March 2llst, 1918, there began the second great battle of the Somme. For us it was almost the beginning of the end. During the few days following March 21st Germany came nearer to winning ...

... from generation the scheme by East Durham doctor Pundarik plan for the opening of the home next month. linked to the Battle of the Somme to a new to generation which could figure in the Banerje. The home will cater for 21 pensioners A programme of varied ...

... boss Don Mackay stormed: “There was no chance of piaying football. The game was a farce. The Somme “Onrb:it::‘ }ooks ;s though they lought the battle of the Somme on it. The referee Inl.fstkied br: managers at me w ther we wanted to carry on. He ldeuly didn’t ...

... pois'(mmn matter which alone is the tro o GERMAN REPORT OF SOMME FIGHTING. German evening papers* publish the first part of a long report from Headquarters concerning the battle of the Somme in July. It is stated that in the middle of May the German forces ...

... the memorial by former member of the Battalion It was on July that the I7th HLI went into action at Thlcpxal in the Battle of the Somme A general view of the game in progress at Willowbank CluS Green in which the Canadian bowlers engaged yesteraay GUARDSMAN'S ...

... pleasure to read such a well-written book. Subaltern Hodgson was killed on July 1. 1916, in the first hour of the Battle of the Somme. ; o i R You may hear his Mgenllc voice in this volume put out by MEL Publications of Chester-le-Street (available at ...

... competition at Uttoxeter Show in 1913. He joined the 13th East Yorkshire Infantry in 1916 and was involved with the Battle of the Somme, being wounded at Vimy Ridge in 1917, he went back to France in 1918, being there when Peace was declared. After his ...

... he simply said: “Heavy”! ~ The main part of the visit, however, centred on a study of the sites associated with the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The party walked through pre- served First World War trenches before climbing out and crossing ‘no-man’s land’ ...

... of national conflicts. ‘Pozieres 1916’ by Peter Charlton (Leo Cooper: Secker & Warburg £14.95) is a study of a key battle of the Somme, in which the Australian troops suffered more than 23,000 casualties. It is a story of strategic and tactical blunders ...

... memoirs of Captain Stormont Gibbs, MC, who survived the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and then took part in Arras in 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres and the retreat in 1918. These recollections by a battle-hardened veteran are set in their context by the editor ...

... Sabin was wounded and returned to England to convalesce. He returned to France only to be wounded a second time at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. At the end of the war, Geroge returned to Bestwood Colliery as a miner only to be injured in a coal-face accident ...