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Published: Saturday 06 March 1993
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Package Katharine:McQuitty’s War writings

... “the capture of our communications with England would mean the end of the war both for England and Emgce“. About the battle of the Somme, the samewriter noted; “To many it meant certain death, and all must have known before they started. Surely, it was ...

Published: Friday 20 December 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

ANNIVERSARY OF SOMME

... travelling to France between June 30 and July 2 to take part in the commemoration of the Fftieth Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Ten men who fought with the Division, when it made its attack on Beaumont Hamel on November 13, 1916, will cross over to ...

Junior Quiz

... an archipelago? . In which wars did these memorable actions take place? (a) The Charge of the Light Brigade. (b) The Battle of the Somme. (¢) The Relief of Mafeking. . What would you expect to find growing in a paddy field? . What is the name of the celebrated ...

Published: Friday 29 June 1979
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

LIFE BRIGADE

... Battalion was formed in Glasgow wholly from members and ex-members — only to be decimated on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The ‘military’ ghost was finally laid to rest in 1926 when the BB amalgamated with the Boys' Life Brigade and abandoned ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1983
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Somme veterans

... annual Seventy seven years after serving in the Western Front trenches and goitig over the to(v at the Battle of the Somme one of the bloodiest battles of World War I the pair again donned Gordon Glengany headwear at Laurencekirk Territorial Amiy Hall on ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1993
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

ARGYLLSВ’ MEMORIAL UNVEILED

... children sang Auld Lang Syne. The battalion H.Q. was at Franleu when the 7th Argylls were off and captured after the battle of the Somme. ...

Published: Tuesday 13 June 1950
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Motor Cydss

... convalescing fromi war wounds in the castle. North Uist-born Mr Mac Vicar (94) was injured in the Battle of Ypres in 1914, and in the Battle of the Somme in 1913. When visited the castle, Mac Vicar was met by Mary, Countess of Strathmore, who presented ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1991
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 40 | Tags: none

Somme veterans for rally OLD soldiers from the Gordon Highlanders who served during the two world wars will be at

... dinner an annual event since 1988 for the first time on Saturday. The men both fought in France, each taking part in the Battle of the Somme. Charlie Grant, chairman of the Laurencekirk and District Gordon Highlanders’ Association, said: “It’s a great gettogether ...

Published: Tuesday 30 November 1993
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

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... crowds who flocked to see it, as it was a recent innovation on the Western Front, having only been introduced during the Battle of the Somme, about 18 months before its arrival in Aberdeen. alfour Low pianes I LIVE in Springhill Crescent, right under the flight ...

Published: Saturday 09 April 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

»FLASHBACK

... the Territorial Army and was later commissioned into the 9th Battalion The Royal Scots. He endured the horrors of the Battle of the Somme, when a day’s casualties were counted in their thousands. Mr Clark himself was wounded in the foot in no man’s Back ...

Published: Monday 17 May 1993
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

BTG 11 JULY

... 1859: The chime of Big Ben in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament was heard for the first time. 1916: Second Battle of the Somme began. 1950: PupEets Andy Pandy, Teddy and Looby Loo first appeared on BBC television. The episodes were repeated for ...

Published: Tuesday 11 July 1995
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 175 | Page: 12 | Tags: none