... Private Weaver, of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, R.A.M.C., was one of twelve %tretcher-bearers who went out at the battle of the Somme in taking the Vimy Ridge, and only four returned. Private Weaver was recently home on leave, during which he attended ...

... A verdict was returned accordingly. DEATH OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON SOMME. Man Working for Years With Shrapnel in Lungs. Eighteen years after being struck by shrapnel the Battle of the Somme, Harry Cheney (51), a grocer's assistant, of Wycombe Road, Marlow ...

... (WEDNESDAY) PEGGY. I Faoions Triangle Drama, featuring Billie Burke. Five Acts. Thursday. Friday, and Saturday— TBE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The Great Official War Office Film. Five Reels, PEP FORM ANCE from to 10.30. CHELTENH4M Cf^EMA TO-NTGBT COMPLIMENTS ...

... Greatest Attraction oF the Year ! MOM., Ewan,* 28tla, Taman., mud mad., The Official War Films of (three days only' THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME Five Reels of the most thrilling Pictures of the Big Push in every detail from the preliminary bombardment of the ...

... father and two of his aunts had been shut up in lunatic asylums, and accused himself had received shell shocx during the battle of the Somme in 1916, and that he had also become a drug addict. Counsel read testimonials to the good character of accused, including ...

... 1916. referring to personal question, said . was charged with the wanton waste of the men entrusted my command at the battle of the Somme. I repudiate that charge with indignation. The measures taken which led to this loss were either opposition to my r ...

... translated Rochester in 1930. His war work as an Army chaplain was outstanding, and he was in the Battle of the Somme the Battle of Arras and the Third Battle of Ypres He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D S.O. The E. A Iremonger too 1 cnarge ...

... Marshal Joffre and the French nation The last time I spoke to Marshal Toffre,'' said Mr Lloyd George, was at the battle of the Somme. The battle was proceeding, and owing to the deafening reports of the guns we could not carry on our conversation, but had ...

... sure through the League of Nations Union. ' That day, said the -Canon, was the anniversary of the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, and the newspapers contained many Memoriam notices. They were a bereaved nation in that they lost the best and most ...

... turning point the battle of the Somme came when the enemy was badly beaten before Arras. That fight induced the Germans to try elsewhere, and they tried the Lys. Here again they met at first with startling success. The commencement the battle of the Lys, or ...

... first tc come into Belgium, and its reaord is stained with the crimes Termonde and Louvain. It took part in the first battle of the Somme. and the recent fighting its casualties havo been exceedingly heavy. On© the prisoners, man of considerable education ...

... ARTILLERY BATTLE RENEWED THE SOMME FRONT. BRITISH POSITION IMPROVED (PRESS ASSOCIATION WAR SPECIAL,) GENERAL HEADQUARTER*. FRANCE, , 10.7,0 a.m, lighting took place early this morning the Somme, the neighbourhood Hangard. Our position this sector ...