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A HOUSEHOLD WORD

... enrolled. The battalion landed in France on Bth January, 1916, and their first important engagement was at the great Battle of the Somme in July of that year, when they took a leading part in the attack, and so impetuous was their valour that they outstripped ...

Published: Monday 18 December 1922
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BATTLE OF THE S 0 MME ULSTERMEN'S GALLANTRY

... BATTLE OF THE S 0 MME ULSTERMEN'S GALLANTRY . The anniversary of , tho Battle , of the Somme where , in 1915 , the Ulster Division displayed great gallantry and suffered heavy casualties , was . celebrated in Belfast , where . the 1 City Corporation passed ...

Published: Saturday 02 July 1927
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 462 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TRIBUTE TO ' FALLEN IRISHME

... IRISHME Amiens , ' August 23 . —Tho monumont erected by Irishmen in memory of t * he Irish volunteers who fell in tho Battle of- the Somme m . 1916 wa 3 inaugurated at Guillbmont to-day . Marshal Joffre presided , and ho was accompanied by several high British ...

Published: Tuesday 24 August 1926
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ROYAL SCOTS BAND IN EDINBURGH

... an enjoyable programme in the West Meadows, Edinburgh, to-morrow. Among the items rendered by the band will be *“The Battle of the Somme,” “Portree Men,” “ Cradle Soni,: “ Invercauld,” *Siege of Delhi,” “Lord Blangre, ‘: Sandy Duff,” and “Dumbarton’s rums ...

Published: Thursday 27 August 1936
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 64 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

action

... Edinburgh Academy. His father was Captain Peter Ross, M.A., B.Sc., of the 16th Royal Scots, who was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, Ist July 1916. Captain Ross was a member of the teaching profession, and was a well-known gersonality in Liberal politics ...

Published: Thursday 21 April 1938
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 73 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

ANSWERING THE CALL

... each. AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. After a period of I;aining in England, the battalion went overseas. The men had not long to wait for their first taste of the horrors of modern warfare, their first engagement being the Battle of the Somme, in July, 1916 ...

Published: Thursday 27 December 1928
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

The Sonune

... 1916 was a day that those who lived through it will never forget . Great hopes were placed in the launching of the Battle of ihe Somme not only by ihe leaders of the British Army , but also by tho civilian population at home . But as the casualty lists ...

Published: Wednesday 20 January 1932
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 946 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

A GLASGOW PARADE

... battalion , which was originally composed of business and commercial men in Glasgow , suffered heavy losses in tne Battle of the Somme of 1916 , and yesterday marked Ihe anniversary of that dark day . The parade w as headed by Colonel D . S . Morton ...

Published: Thursday 02 July 1925
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SOMME ANNIVERSARY

... SOMME ANNIVERSARY. The anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, where, in 1916, the Ulster Division displayed great gallantry and suffered heavy casualties, was celebrated yesterday in Belfast. where the City Corporation passed a resolution reaffirming ...

Published: Saturday 02 July 1927
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 92 | Page: 8 | Tags: none