... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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) ...

... soldier killed at the Battle of the Somme were stolen from a Dutch museum by a war veteran who wants a resting place for the bones. Draped in a vintage British military mtawuammu;g,th mwusgm‘hmt,h a mm of war memorabilia to the 1916 battle, which killed more ...

... interrupted his theological training in Edinburgh to serve as an officer in the Black Watch, He was wounded in the Battle of the Somme and was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in the field. From 1920 to 1938, he served as chaplain ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... Leitch, series of play begins a nightly repeats with the theme of war “Rifleman” 1S set in Northern Ireland after the Battle of the Somme. The arrival of Private Semple at his Ulster village home is the cause of rejoicing and sadness in the community, for ...

... 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 ...

... roads in Great Britain in 1955. Almost exactly the same number of subjects of the King were killed and wounded in tHe Battle of the Somme.” The Government was trying to cut these figures by whatever means it possibly could. i The objects the Bill had in ...

... Somme deaths Sir, — With regard to Mrs Ella Shaw’s defence of Earl Haig in her letter today, is she aware that there were 80,000 casualties in one day during the second battle of the Somme in August, 1918, a battle directed by Haig and his staff? Men’s ...