... Langholm “VETERANS' NIGHT.” - Survivors of the Dardanelles Campaign and the Battle of the Somme were chief guests at the annual * Veteran's Night ”* organised by the Langhalm branch of the Royal British Legion, and held in the Legion Club premises on ...

... Spalding's sons were killed in the first world war. Thomas, who was 20, went missing at the Battle of Ypres, and Andrew (21) was killed during the Battle of the Somme. The other, 30-year-old David, was killed at St Valery in 1940. It is a great honour, but ...

... would be nice to see cheery chef McFee returning to liven things up bit!— Mrs E. McKenna, 180 Mac Alpine Rd., Dundee. BATTLE OF THE SOMME Leo McKern'B simple narrative gave added poignancy to this moving programme. GENERAL HOSPITAL medal of the highest order ...

... World War as a part-time operator. At the oitbreak of the war he joined the Royal Scots. and was badly wounded in the Battle of the Somme. He wai dis:harced totally disabled in 1917. and it was 31 years before h 2 was able to resume work as a night operator ...

... Commerce) Battalion of the Highland Light infantry, and saw active service in France and Germany. He tock part in the Battle of the Somme, and was also at Passchendaele. Following the cessation of hostilities, he spent about a year in the Army of Occupation ...

... Soldier’s bones stolen from war museum THE BONES of what is believed to be British soldier killed in the Battle of the Somme were stolen yesterday from a grisly war museum display so that they can given a dignified burial- The skull and left leg bones ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... exchange memories, recall past battles and remember lost friends. The most senior Gordon present was '-, Newmachar man Tom Rearie (93>, who ■ joined the sth battalion in 1915 and ' saw action in the bloody Battle of the Somme. |||| Maj. Gen Peter Graham ...

... resident for four years. A captain in The Border Regiment during the first world war. he had come through the infamous Battle of the Somme and the Gallipoli campaign. After the war, he went into a veterinary practice at Auchterarder for a time. then joined ...

... Western Front.* Richard Holmes examines how 60,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded in just one day during the Battle of the Somme. 884 8:00 Traffic.* A look at the dangers of speeding, asking whether our roads are safer because of the introduction ...