... 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 ...

... was predeceased by two brothers, Robert, who died in early youth, and Lieutenant Murdo Macfarquhar, who fell at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He was also predeceased by four sisters. Mr Macfarquhar is survived by one brother, John, who has his married ...

... In the First World War he 'served with the Queen’s Own .Cameron Highlanders, where ihe was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme and he had to undergo several operations, Like so many Carlowegians he emigrated ta Canada in 1927, where be met and ...

... PIPER PLAYS LAMENT FOR FALLEN Somme Anniversary Commemorated A lament for the members of the 51st Highland Division who fell at the Battle of the Somme was played at the commemoration ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the battle by a -piper from Lewis, pPipe ...

... and soon the young student was in training in the Grenadier Guards. He was wounded at Loos, and more severely at the Battle of the Somme. Invalided home, he spent the next two years in and out of hospital. In 1919 Macmillan went to Canada as A.D.C. to the ...

... in April and hear the Queen’s mm‘e:lflb, and there was severely woun. ded i Ba to youth. Members of the public n the Battle of the Somme are asked to sit in the gallery ...

... tractor and trailer became an infallible symbol of rain to come. And the garden looks like something left over from the battle of the Somme. We are credibly informed that the contemplation If a garden is a restful, soothing occupation. They haven’t seen our ...

... boy turned to the schoolmaster in some dismay: ‘‘Goad, Mr Borland — they’re aal drinking Brasso”’. ““The Last Great Battle of the Somme”’, by G. Y Cheyne, published by John Donald, price £6.95. ‘““Piobaireachd and its Interpretations’’, by Seumas Mac Neill ...

... my attention engaged. The first I picked up was the last to arrive: it was still top of the heap. ““The Last Great Battle of the Somme’’. Did I really want to read another grim book about the First World War? I thumbed through the index and my eyes lighted ...

... Gordon Mac- Lauchlan, whose numbers included “Uist Tramping Song,” “Mairi’s Wedding’, “Last Farewell to Stirling”, “Battle of the Somme”, and “The Fiery Cross”, among others. Later, Miss Mary Maclean joined them to sing “Last Thing opn My Mind”. Miss Maclean ...

... the Truth. During the First World War he served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was badly wounded at the Battle of the Somme. Throughout his life he was badly handicapped with the after effects o¢ his wound. After the first World War he married ...

... ground behind the Goathill Road end, however, should be hired out to any film company wishing to make a film about the Battle of the Somme. It is easy to diverge with a scoreline like this but for the encouraging attendance of roughly one hundred, only the ...