... The regular battalions further south, in front of La Beselle and Ovillers, were in action also, the first week the Battle of the Somme and, I equally 'veil upheld the regiment’s honour. Then in Sep tember they shared in the Irish Division’s triumph at ...

... Royal Irish Rifles, who returned from abroad only lay down his life for his country on French battlefield after the Battle of the Somme, in 1916 is an old world place, in which the evolution village architecture can admirably traced from its rath and ...

... (livenrhy and HtU 60. In July, 1916, was severely wounded in the thigh a sniper while reronnoitering preparatory to the battle of the Somme, and invalided home to Canada. During the months that ho was here, although suffering constant pain as a result of bis ...

... the Legion of Honour. . In his final despatch Lord Haig said: “From the commencement the preparations for the first Battle of the Somme and throughout all subsequent operations the General Staff work has been directed with great ability and success by ...

... of the main crop eventually sent back to the firing line. He!varieties is still green in many districts, was in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, |Supplies at markets are normsl, and are and was buried im a shell-hole and after-|adequate to meet the demand ...

... Lieutenant-Colonel in January, 1917; and received his full Colonelcy May, For his conspicuous services at the immortal Battle of the Somme was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (July, 191 From January till June, 1918, he was in command the 19th Reserve ...

... General Assembly of the Church Scotland. Dr. Brown’s youngest son, serving with the Gordons, was killed in the llrst battle of the Somme in 191 G. His eldest soil, captain in the H.L 1., died in 1917 wounds received before Gaza. The third son, the Black ...

... The deceased took a distinguished part in the attack at Thiepval on July 1, 1916, the occasion of the opening of tho Battle of the Somme, when the heroic valour of her sons brought Ulster prominently before the world, and the following December he was appointed ...

... holds the position engineer at the Northern Railway Works, Dundalk. brother, Corporal Thomas Rogers, was killed in the battle of the Somme the 16th Sejitember, 1916. Captain and Corporal Roger* have each left a wife and child meurn then loss. The captain ...

... with them, with the result that joined the most famous Ulster Regiment, the Tnniskilhng Fusiliers, and fought at the battle of the Somme. He went through that hell fire, and on that occasion his left leg was blown off below the knee, and now he had use ...

... Battalion Poval Trish Rifles (Ulster Division), was Filled on the 11th June. 10186, a few weeks hefore the. memorahla Battle of the Somme. This was not the onlv loss the Bishon eustained in the World War, for his brother. Tieut.-Colonel H. Moore, N. 5.0 ...

... dozens Belgian soldiers, many of whom are expert swimmers. SOMME MEMORIES. The 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Old Comrades’ Association Carrickfergus Branch) are holding Battle of the Somme anniversary service in St Nicholas Parish Church on Sunday ...