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... Film Guild are both presenting a selection from the National Film Theatre’s special programme on the First World War. “Battle of the Somme,” *“Hell's Angels,” “Westfront 1918 and “Paths of Glory” are among the notable films in this series. One cf the more ...

Published: Monday 05 October 1964
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Parading Orangemen banned from Catholic area

... Hendérson. Land of the Royal Ul- MCmmqbbdadme‘ Ormeau Road bridge, where a. Wnsmwumgedto the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. . They wanted to parade to the city centre, but security chiefs feared violence if the small mmwmm b into the Catholic ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... Malcolm McDonald go to from Newcastle? What did God create on the fifth day? How many legs has a slow-worm? Answers —1, Battle of the Somme, 1916; 2, Bangkok; 3, Fore!; 4, A skulk; 5, Glass; 6, Hippopotamus; 7, Beards; 8, Arsenal; 9, Sea creatures and birds; ...

Published: Thursday 12 November 1987
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

4 APRIL National Day of Hungary. 1618: Cardinal Richelieu was ordered into exile in Avignon foy intrigues with ..

... 1905: An earthquake in Lahore, India, killed 10,000. 1912: Chinese republic was proclaimed in Tibet. 1918: Second Battle of the Somme ended. 1919: Soviet republic was established in Bavaria. 1922: Armand Jeanns, the man who betrayed Edith Cavell, was ...

Published: Monday 04 April 1994
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 116 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Graves war telegram to go on sale

... is among correspondence relating to the poet, critic and novelist which E:se surfaced at Sotheby’s in London. At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Graves, then a 21-yearold officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, suffered such a serious chest wound that he ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

ARGYLLS HONOUR WAR DEAD

... Col. E. P. Buchanan, Colcmel of the Battalion, of a tablet in the parish church in memory of the men who fell in the Battle of the Somme —the Battalion's own St Valery, for they were cut off and captured round Franleu. The Provost Stirling, with Baillie ...

Published: Tuesday 13 June 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

York House, St James's Palace

... House, St James's Palace 1 July: The Duke of Kent today attended ceremonies to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme at the Thiepval and Ulster Tower Memorials, France. The Duchess of Kent this afternoon attended the Lawn Tennis Champi ...

Published: Tuesday 02 July 1991
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

STEWARTS & LLOYDS DIRECTOR

... Lloyds in Scotland in December 1914, but almost immediately enlisted in the Army, and was severely wounded during the Battle of the Somme. On demobilisation and after holding a number of technical and administrative appointments he became general manager ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1962
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 142 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Five generations in century celebration

... expected to see. While serving with the Army in World War One he almost died after being critically injured during the Battle of the Somme. ...

Published: Thursday 02 January 1992
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 134 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Somme memorial

... Somme memorial Sir, - With regard to R R Mitchell’s letter (8 July), detailing the Edinburgh casting of the Battle of the Somme memorial at Beaumont Hamel, we have it on record that the memorial to the 51st Division there (and also one to the Argylls) ...

Published: Friday 12 July 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

what'’s to stop you taking a cruise on a steamer, paddle in the briney or surfing on the breakers? You

... to April 20) — If you can’t, or won’'t compromise, theni your personal and domestic world will look‘ more like the Battle of the Somme rather than a haven for harmony. Acquiesce and you’ll soon overcome any emotional obstacles that have beset your happy ...

Published: Thursday 18 August 1988
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

□ AUSTAIR BEATON

... BEATON sth Battalion.lhe Gordon Highlanders, in 1915. The following year he was in France taking part in the bloody Battle of the Somme. Mr Rearie was completely buried in mud in the fighting around Arras in 1917. His companions dug him out and he was ...

Published: Saturday 08 September 1990
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 4 | Tags: none