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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

... THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME ULSTER DIVISION EPIC TO ...

Published: Friday 25 June 1954
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 9 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BE BROADCAST

... sombre memories in Northern Ireland, recalling as it does the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the destruction in that one day’s fighting of the famous and gallant Ulster Division. The battle started at 7-30 in the morning and developed immediately into ...

Published: Friday 25 June 1954
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 323 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Civic Commemoration suggested for Somme

... Civic Commemoration suggested for Somme The lack of any official ceremony in Portadown thie week to mark the etart of the Battle of the Somme 40 years ago was oritioised by Councillor Henry MeCourt at Monday night's meeting of Portadown Borough Council ...

Published: Friday 06 July 1956
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 333 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

(©bituarp

... in introducing school meals in the county. While serving in the 1914-18 war be was severely wounded just before the battle of the Somme. Capt. Dickson is survived by his wife and one son, and two brothers, Thomas M. Dickson, J.P., and James H. Dickson ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1955
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 469 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Remember the Boy of Derry. Remember Boys of the Diamond. So long as we have the Apprentice Boys of Derry

... Council of the World, which meets In Liverpool during the month of July, recalled the Ulstermen who had fallen at the Battle of the Somme on July 1 and 2, 1916. They were, be said, die finest men who ever left Ulster. land as an integral part the United ...

Published: Friday 15 July 1955
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1817 | Page: 1 | Tags: none