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... outbreak of hostilities, but his younger brother Captain Jack Bally, was killed serving with the 1 Gth Black \Vatch at the Battle of the Somme. 'rhe - Captain is still a sprightly figure. despite his 90 years; enjoys a walk and puts in a spot of gardening at ...
... two-thirds the size of a football pitch. It makes a highly appropriate way to commemorate the 80th anni rsary of the Battle of the Somme. This dresdAil slice of warfare began on July 1, 1916 and claimed 60,000 lives during the first day. The Big Picnic ...
... 70 years ago age to join the Black Watch, only to fall in the bloody and huitless battle for the Somme in 1916. He was posted missing for two years, and I suppose the family dung on to fragments of hope, said Mrs Deuchars. But when his body was finally ...
... Major Alan MacGregor-Whitton in hi s loss. A. younger son, Captain Percy, Royal Scots Fusiliers. was killed at the battle of the Somme in 1916. Few are left who knew of her great work and kindness to all In the place, and of her deep human sense of duly ...
... members who made the trip to France for the 50th anniversary commemoration service of the Battle of the Somme. Mr Band served throughout that historic and terrifying battle, and what made the 1966 visit all the more roemlrable for him was that he was able to ...
... of Athol! Pipe Band performing some old melodies and afterwards the bands rejoined to play 'Heights of Dargi' and 'Battle of the Somme'. Then the dancers again entertained the large crowd with a fling and an Irish Jig. The Strathearn Pipe Band then continued ...
... Fund Committee held a Soots ceilidh in the church hall. Piper BiU Jamiesoa stirred the hearts of all present with The Battle of the Somme; Morag Lath:), accompanied by Robert Puller ors the piano, sang four Scots songs; Avril Taylor demonstrated Highland ...
... quickly and took his art to a new audience A proud Gordon Highlander recovering after his injuries incurred during the Battle of the Somme Rope spinning provided welcome exercise as well as a diversion for passengers en route to America on the Queen Mary ...
... distance. the more objective the analysis can be. But what is objectivity? The 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of the Somme has given historians and writers the opportunity to re-examine the events and the part played by those who were mainly ...
... Companies of the 6th Black Watch Battalion attempted a suicidal frontal assault on German lines during the infamous Battle of the Somme The story of that day has been investigated recently by Bob Holsman crystal engraver in Crieff’s High Street and member ...
... almost romantically regarded as The Great War. Graham Fulton treets and were almost entirely wiped out at the 1916 Battle of the Somme. No, it's about the women they left behind. Joan Knight's remarkable production of Peter Whelan's play 'The Accrington ...
... Three Crieff men are the 30 representing the Slat Highland Division at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the battle of the Somme between 30th June and hay. Ten men who fought with the Division, when it made its attack on Beaumont Hamel on 13th November ...