... Edwin Bear — Somme survivor Bear facts of war He is only a tiny bear, just five-ang-a-half inches tall, but he survived the bloody battle of the Somme to become a treasured reminder of an heroic young officer. Edwin Bear was a childhood favourite of Percy ...

... OBITUARIES Death of Somme veteran A MEMBER of the dwindling band of survivors from the battle of the Somme has died at the age of 92. Yorkshire Regiment. The following year he was temporarily transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers after his own regiment ...

... attended a ceremony where the French did pro- ‘ vide such facilities. 5 It was in 1986 at the 70th commemoration of the Battle of the Somme in Northern France. I was there, wearing my TA hat as a public relations officer with the British Army (later promoted ...

... teddy which survived a war battle 74 years before she was born. Her granny, Mary Hall, travelled from Jersey to pady £4,715 for the honey-coloured bear at a London auction yesterday. She said: “How many bears go into battle? I fell in love with him straight ...

... shipment of potatoes from France — for the second time in ten days. baéi“ink not potato, dating ike its Fredee&or to the Battle of the Somme, was spotted before it entered the manufacturing grocess and was later d:.own up by army bomb he first grenade, of the ...

... It was the beginning of a very traumatic time in all our lives. My mother’s brother, Uncle Jack, was killed in the battle of the Somme just before his 18th birthday. He was a tall, handsome boy who looked older than his age, and some stupid woman had ...

... was over but Gladys's uncle, Jack, did not live to see the peace. He served with the Grenadier Guards and died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. ...

... environmental case against more quarrying as it was being surrounded by development and living there would soon be like the Battle of the Somme, he said. Residents are now waiting for inquiry inspector Jon Whalley to report to Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley ...