... ¥ LETTER FROM THE SOMME A POIGNANT insight into the bravery and courage of one of the many First World War soldiers who died at the Battle of the Somme 80 years ago this month is contained within a short letter written to his parents shortly g beforehand ...

... FOR ALL THE FAMILY \ “Somme” by Lyn Macdonald (M. Joseph £12.95) is the third book in this “author's powerful history series of the First World War. It brings to life the 1916 Battle of the Somme, the battle which has epitomised all the horror of that ...

... warfare in World War 1. Before being wounded and returned to Blighty, he took part in the Battle of the Somme, the battles of Arras and Cambrai, and the Third Battle of Ypres. John Tucker makes the reader realise what it was like to fight in the war to end ...

... Kingdom, enjoying the festivities and meeting old friends. On September 15, 1916, the first tank went into action at the battle of the Somme and the 60th anniversary of this new era in warfare was marked with a weekend of parades, sports, special dinners and ...

... Dr Cruickshank was awarded the Military Cross in the field for attending the wounded, and was wounded himself at the Battle of the Somme. During the Second World War he set up and ran the West of Scotland emergency medical service. ...

... Recently we have seen relatives and comrades going back to remember those who fell during the terrible, tragic and titanic battle of the Somme in July-November 1916. Following this brief, momentary, fleeting visit, the only one in four years, and my complaints ...

... when Mr McDonald was home after service with the Black Watch during the First World War, He came safely through the Battle of the Somme, but ne ,was injured late in 1917, and subsequently sent homc. Both bride and groom were then 24 years old, The Rev ...

... worked in the mines for 54 years. Mr Ross served with The Black Watch during the First World War and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. “My first son was only weeks old when | enlisted,”” Mr Ross commented. He also served six years as a Special Constable ...

... Scots. He saw service in France for most of the war, having joined in 1914, but m 1917 he was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Somme, and was invalided home. i ~ After the wedding, Mr and Mrs Winn lived in a house at the east end of East Wemyss, and ...

... the RAF won the Battle of Britain in the air over Southern England. The two youngsters become closely involved in many of the wartime events of that summer. Their story is illustrated with drawings by Clayton Knight. “Battle of the Somme’” by Christopher ...

... Towards the Somme The poet, Robert Graves, who survived World War |, and who lived to a great age, was cruelly h'aunted in his last days by his appalling memories. Frank McGuiness, in his drama, ‘Obersve the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme,’ presents ...

... long and faithful service he had given and extended to him their best wishes for a leng and happy retirement. 2 the battle of the Somme n 1916 and incidentally officially reported killed. Presentations were also made to Mrs C. Kinnear who is retiring, ...