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... dignity, loyalty, liberty and honour,” he said. ‘‘Great Britain and France should march hand-in-hand, they did at the battle of the Somme.” The French had great admiration for the enormous military and economic push which Great Britain had undertaken, “and ...
... had an operation at Leicester Royal Infirmary for the removal of piece of shrapnel which entered his body during the battle of the Somme in 1916. When he was wounded 23 years ago it was known that piece of shrapnel was in the region of his hip but despite ...
... last week of July 1916 when British troops were heavily engaged in the blood bath which was to become known as the Battle of the Somme Sir George Hemming left his Jacobean mansion in rural Wiltshire and took the morning train to London Arriving soon after ...
... when British troops were digging in for yet another offensive in the four month bloodbath which became known as the Battle of the Somme Sir George Hemming left his Jacobean mansion at Lawler’s Mount rural Wiltshire and took the morning train to London ...
... outside their dug-outs during a lull in the fighting the Somme battles The place: Bazentin le Petit The Date: July 1 91 6 the beginning of a long bloody struggle Bayonets fixed and ready for battle JULY 1 1916: Allied troops went over the top” in waves ...
... work the village In 1914 he enlisted two days after the outbreak of war and served for five years including on the Battle of the Somme with the 110 Leicestershire Infantry Brigade While working for 42 years at the local quarry and later for a period at ...
... soldier in the 24th Leicesters who helped him back to a field ambulance station after he was wounded in the second battle of the Somme The 84-year-old former lance corporal Lewis-gunner cannot now remember his name but believes he used to work for an ...
... celebrated his goiden wedding anniversary on Saturday 73-year-oid Mr William Foster 16 The Stiles who was captured in the Battle of the Somme and made to bury the German dead When he sermon preached at Syston Church on the topic of piece of black bread brought ...
... that many veterans will to afford to pay home-Mpa Mr Palmer served with the 2nd4th Leicesters fighting in the second battle of the Somme until was wounded in March 1918 He in hospital for with a leg wound Now he is He also written to Leicestershire Social ...
... words Paynes Hire written oil the side Survivor of the Somme by Kay Wright VETERAN: Mr Alfred Hunter 93 ONE of Leicestershire’s last surviving veterans of the First World War Battle of the Somme plans to attend a special memorial service to mark the 75th ...
... World Wan Mr Hunter joined the Royal Warwickshire regiment and took part in one of history’s bloodiest conflicts - the Battle of the Somme He won a Distinguished Conduct Medal for single-handedly taking an enemy gun In the Second World War Mr Hunter took ...
... until June 1 9 One man’s life and times Uprising and Rasputin was murdered by Russian nobles Mr Halford fought in the battle of the Somme and was injured in a trench bomb-blast In 1918 he returned from the war and saw his baby son Harry for the first time ...