... motor lorry the-Wind, struck him while being backed on to the Fetterletter road. A leg that was severely injured at the Battle of the Somme was again badly hurt. KINDLY DEED BUCHANHAVEN Girls Club, from the proceeds of their sale of needlework, gave an outing ...

... at the battles of the Somme. The last battle of the Somme was to storm the fortress of Beaumont Hamel, ‘‘the significance of that curiously neglected last battle” being the subject of the last chapter. Acknowledging that the first day of the ...

... succeeded but sometimes failed, and four more lines have generally succeeded.” The casualties in the battles of the Somme were horendous. The first day of battle, Ist July, 1916, the Corps suffered more than 14,000 casualties. One Division lost 223 officers ...

... Aitken. Apart from the distinction which he has gained as an artist Mr Simpson was awarded the Military Cross after the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Visitors to the exhibition will quickly recognise many of the views which the artist has reproduced and will ...

... (79) each served the community as shopkeepers, he as a general merchant, and she as draper. Mr Angus lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme while serving with The Gordons in the Kaiser War. “A SNIP AT HALF THE PRICE.” On the left is the hairy version of Tony ...

... (1/5) in World War 1. L/Cpl. Gordon served with Captain Lowe, and under him was promoted - Sergeant on the field at the battle of the Somme. A cooper to trade, Mr Gordon recalls names once household in Peterhead — fishcurers A. Stephen & Sons, Sinclair & Buchan ...