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... TODAY marks the oot anniversary ol the opening of the Battle of the Somme in the 1914-18 war. It was a day described as “fateful and fatal” in the history of the 1/4th Battn. the Duke of Wellington's Regt., the Halifax Territorial unit. “No one who was ...
... On this Remembrance morn- the us are free ing wear your poppy Battle of the Somme. To live our lives just as we with great pride. He was one of the ‘Old Con- please in peace And to remember those who temptibles’ who and harmony died one minute survived ...
... BRITISH THRUST. WITH THE VICTORS. How the Hun was Beaten. Second Battle of the Somme. Press Association War Special From the Press Association’s special war correspondent, Headquarters, British Army. ¥ | £ France, Friday, Last night passed cemparatively ...
... O\ Rl6al= 2N Reg Glonr[, left, as he is today, and, right, as a young man in 1916. He and other survivors of the Battle of the Somme talk about what it was like to go over the top in the documentary ‘‘Lions Led By Donkeys,’’ which is repeated on Channel ...
... stirred the experts far more than 14> general public. The interest of Bapaume is that it was the main object of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. We now seem, as a result of four days’ comparatively easy fizhting, to be within reach of the same results ...
... Loyalist March in East Belfast. But an RUC spokeswoman said the youths were not part of the march. The Oran&e Lodge Battle of the Somme parade was at the junction of Hollywood Road and Newtonards Road when trouble flared last night. ...
... British Army, as they were involved up tv ‘the neck in their attempt at Verdun to destroy the French army in 1916. The battle of the Somme was the British relief of Verdun. We await the parallel. ...
... London. M in 1865 William Booth formed the Salvation Army at a meeting in Whitechapel, London. W in 1916 the first Battle of the Somme began with more than 21,000 men killed on the opening day. e M in 1937 the telephone emer- gency-service 999, became ...
... Q)10 1916 Slaughter on the Somme SEVENTY yoars sgo naxt wesk the bloodiest battle of World War One was fought in France - The Battle of the Somme Thousands died in the contlict, u’mmg them the young men of Calderdala - in their prime, fighting fit and ...
... by a mine off the East Coast. Sembcr sth, 1915, Violeut artillery duel in the region of Arras. September sth, 1916, Battle of the Somme. Allied advance continues. Lieutenant W. L. Robinson awarded Viotoria Croes for destroying German airship at Cuffley ...
... “Many thousands of our members will be very sad to hear this. “The Battle of the Somme is synonymous in people’s minds with the First World War. “Every yvear we organise a pilgrimage Somme.” > to the ...
... with music. sport and newsquiz. 11.00 am News. 11.03 am Chris Jones. 1.00 pm News. 1.03 pm Musical Mixtures. 1.30 pm Battle of the Somme — 70th anniversary. 2.00 pm News. 2.03 pm Livewire. 5.00 pm Top 40 (Radio 1). 7.00 pm As Radio 2. ...