... BATTLE OF THE SOMME Memorial at Thiepval Barracks A memorial pillar and panel commemorating the Battle of the Somme, in which the 38th (Ulster) Division suffered 5,706 casualties, is to dedicated and unveiled at a drumhead service the square Thiepv&l ...

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... BATTLE OF THE SOMME On this day 50 years ago the Battle of the Somme began. At 7-30 a.m. 140,000 troops from all parts of the British Isles and the Empire went over the top. By the evening 60,000 of - those troops were dead. On no other day of that horrifying ...

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME Memorial service at Lisburn Under the auspices of th. 11th (S.) Battalion R.ILR. Old Comrades’ Association, a Battle of the Somme memorial service was held ‘ln the Castle Gardens, Lisburn, yesterday. The parade was commanded by Mr ...

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME To-day’s ceremonies in Ulster The Battle the Somme will be commemorated by parades throughout Ulster to-day. The principal one will be in Belfast to the Garden of Remembrance at the City Hall. In the morning there will be a special ...

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... Battle of the Somme Rty Reg Glenn as a yomz.man and today: he and other survivors taltk about what it was like to go over the top in ‘The Battle of the Somme,’ tonight on Channel 4. What did it feel like to and idealism with which go over the top on July ...

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... LETTERS Battle of the Somme SIR — A vivid description of the Battle of the Somme, was shown on BBC-1 on lhursday, (November 7). Disparaging references have since been made by adverse forces, erroneously alleging the glorious 36th Ulster lngsion on that ...

... Battle honours for Somme men Secretary of State Peter Brooke has presented World War One veterans from Northern Ireland with medals commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Special medals depicting the Ulster Tower at Thiepval were ...

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... 41st ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME .. Mrs. Morton and Mr. J. Copeland brought a tribute from Toronto on behalf of the 36th (Ulster) Division Old Comrades’ Association of Canada. Lieut.-General Sir Brian Kimmins, G.0.C., N.LLD., with the Army's ...