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ULSTER AND THE WAR

... seed buyer the firm of Joan Lytle a Co.. Victoria Street. He obtained raiseion 23m Aupust. 1915, and was wounded the battle of the Somme ’.917, MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED SECOND-LIEUT w. RENNIE GRAILAM. Rojal Irish Fusiliers, jeporle>l miscinp. believt-d ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1281 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LEAVE FOR TROOPS

... The regular battalions further south in front of La Boiselle and Ovillers were in action also the first week of the Battle of the Somme and equally well upheld the regiment's honour. Then in September they shared in the Irish Divi- sion's trlrhipß at Ginchy ...

OFFICER LOSSES

... Belfast lll• enlisted in the IRoyal Irish Rifles on the formation of the Ulster Division. and was wounded at the I battle of the Somme on July 1. 19111, and at Ypres on August 111, Prior to obtaining hie commission he held the rank of sort In the Riles ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1918
Newspaper: Belfast Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2025 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

'S JOURNAL. WEDNESDAT., OCTOBER 30. 1918. –

... where his superiority Is beyond question; otherwise th. enemy might cicve in behind. These were his tactics in the battle of the Somme in 1916 and it. coaliametion in 1917. Forcing a passage between *nag positions in !MCC/NODS and paw fog ohm Ise eaoceeded ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1918
Newspaper: Freeman's Journal
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2888 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Yr. John Ferguson, of Ballyronan, bag ceived. through the Wer OW the sad few' of the death of hie *On,

... Attar • short training athome he was sent to France in 1916 to join his Ulster comrade' in the hover to be forgotten battle of the , Somme. He was with his regiment continuously since then. passing through some of the fiercest encounters of the war without ...

Published: Thursday 31 October 1918
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
County: Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3418 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ROLL OF HONOUR. DEATH OF TRALEE SOLDIER

... cervice in the firing line in France, where he distingnished himself on many occasions. He was wounded twice_at the battles of the Somme and La Bassee, ‘H\\ won the D.C.M. and Military Medal, two of the most coveted dis- tincnons The deceased leaves a ...

Published: Wednesday 16 October 1918
Newspaper: Kerry News
County: Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 170 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

No More Timidity or Hesitation-

... into our hands in this advance are the, German headquarters, formerly used General von Arnim. our antagonist in the. battles of tb© Somme, whose report with its frank critic ism of German methods and necessities revealed for the first time the growing weakness ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 529 | Page: 6 | Tags: none