... of the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 'Leeds Pals ”) who gallantly fought and died for their Country at the Battle of the Somme on the Ist July, 1916. WHiTEHEAD—in lov.ng memory of our dearly loved in brother. SYUNEY (Leeds “Pals”), tilled in aoJon ...

... wife. Hospital the second Battle of Ypres, was wounded, returned to Prance, fought in the battle of Hohenzollem Redoubt, fought at the Battle of the Somme, was'wounded again, returned to France later, and lost a leg at the Battle of Arras. ...

... HOMAGE. SOMME REMEMBRANCE . SERVICE. A warning on disarmament was expressed by the Rev. W. E. Worsley, M.C. (Vicar of Bramley), at a service held in Leeds Parish Church last night by the Leeds Pals’ Association in commemoration of the Battle of the Somme ...

... Legion paraded at the Leeds War Memorial in The Headrow yesterday to pay tribute to their comrades who fell in the battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916. All the seventeen branches of the Legion in Leeds and also the Naval Section of the Legion, were represented ...

... Jones) and her attendants after the crowning ceremony in Locke Park. Somme Sunday An Impressive Service in Leeds OMME SUNDAY,” commemorat- ing the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which many West Riding men died, was observed yesterday. In Leeds ...

... received a barony in 1919, and was accorded the thanks of Parliament and grant of £50,000. In the first part of the battle of the Somme General Horne’s Corps was in action as the second from the British right. Ills men took Fricourt and Mainetz, assisted ...

... may not be far off, Sir Douglas Haig will judge the time rip© for the last and fiercest thrust which will close the battle of the Somme and open a new phase the war. ...

... STORY OF THE WAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Tha British soldiers have don© a lot of hard fighting in the battle of the Somme these last two days, and it is good to know that all the time they have been gaining ground and. taking prisoners. From the village of Longueval ...

... Drummond Gauld, author of “Scotland Yet!” (Hutchinson, 7s. 6d.). This is a closely detailed account of how, from the Battle of the Somme to the end of the War, a battalion of infantry lived from day to day. In a foreword the author says, “You will find ...

... were caught under French barrage fire, and were unable to do anythin? at all. It would seem that the battle of the Somme is become the Battle of the Somme and of the Aisne. ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ■jyO one who took part in it will need to reminded that one of the great anniversaries of the War falls to-day. It was at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, July Ist, 1916, that our troops and the French opened the Battle of the Somme. The ...

... service of the Leeds Pals (15th West Yorkshire Regiment) Association, almost on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which they suffered such heavy losses, was held at the Leeds Parish Church last night. About seventy members attended ...