... Infirmary, Foresterhlll. Mr O’Brien was a Gordon Highlander of both World Wars. In 1916 he lost his right arm at the Battle of the Somme and was discharged. But World War 11. saw him back on service—as an instructor. • Despite his handicap, Mr O’Brien went ...

... to keep that dark, because I am a Scotsman” he spent most of his early life in Argyll, after his father died at the Battle of the Somme. Cdr Dalzel-Job was sailing off Norway’s North Cape in his brigantine with his mother and Bjorg, the 13-year-old daughter ...

... side. University THE BLOODY BATTLE A BLOODY battle that still leaves its scars on many families in the North and North-east began just 60 years ago. Young men were killed or mutilated their thousands as the Battle of the Somme erupted. alt for what? Next ...

... Sir Percy’s own horse. Quicksilver. It was handed to him In France In 1916, was slightly wounded by shrapnel in the Battle of the Somme and returned to England with him after the war. During World War I. Sir Percy wag six times mentioned In despatches ...

... Court yesterday. Mr Oalashan. Craigton Terrace, Culter, was corporal in the 7th Oordon Highlanders. He survived the Battle of the Somme and was wounded at High Wood. He was 45 years with the former Culter Paper Mills, latterly as foreman papermaker. A ...

... Aberdeen aged 92. Mr Oalashan, Cralgton Terrac*. Culter, was a corporal in the 7th Gordon Highlanders. He survived the Battle of the Somme and was wounded at High Wood. He was 46 years with the former Culter Paper Mills, latterly as foreman papertnaker. A ...

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... pay their respects MORE than 1,000,000 men who lost their lives in the Infamous Battle of the Somme will be remembered tomorrow the 70th anniversary of the start of the fourmonth campaign. Few campaigns in the history of warfare proboke such powerful ...

... in one He didn't. He lost all but two fingers on one hand and ped a lump of shrapnel inh is shoulder just before the battle of the Somme. They remembered his } struggle to enlist in the Gordons at the outbreak of Wortd War I., and how he was refused on ...

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... World War 1., served In France and Belgium with the Gordon Highlanders and was commissioned In the fteld during the Battle of the Somme. was severely wounded. Two off on trip round world TWO production trainees with Wiggins Teape Ltd., paper manufacturers ...

... carried out rural deliveries in the Forfar area by bicycle despite the handicap of having lost his right arm in the Battle ol the Somme during World War I He was in fact the last cycling postman in Forfar ...