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Show YPRES AND SOMME VETERAN IN OGDEN Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Aug. 3. Private Earl Moore of the Canadian army and a former resident resi-dent of Ogden, and wounded twice while fighting on the Somme, and in possession posses-sion of an Iro Cross, which he took from a German soldier he vanquished iii an encounter on the Somme, was an Ogden visitor last night for a short time, while en route to the southern part of the state to visit relatives and friends. Moore was in service with the Canadians Cana-dians for two yt-art-. He took part in the battles of Vpres and the Somme. In the former battle Moore was awarded a distinctive service medal for bravery. He has several relics of the battlefields, which include bits of bombs, helmets and bits of the various kinds of uniforms seen in battle. Although he is wounded, and walks with a cane, Moore had expressed the desire to grot back to the front. |