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... Moniaive since 1938 His daughter Margaret told me he was in the Great War and served in the Royal Scots fighting in the Battle of the Somme His son Eddie added that as a boy he grew up in Dumfries where Alexander’s father was a successful farmer He was educated ...
... the 90 casualties which the Newfoundland Regiment suffered in reaching their own barbed wire on the first day of the Battle of the Somme! My friend Alisdair Page was one of the four pupils who weren’t touched He said it was eerie walking on his own” Kerry ...
... Socialist that turned the people off their lands? Who sent 60000 poor working class soldiers to a bloody end at the Battle of the Somme? A Socialist? Who led the murderers against good Christian Covenanters? I’ll bet he was no Socialist I do believe that ...
... Heart Foundation Dumfries & District Branch Somme pilgrims SIR On July 1 1916 the British Army suffered its worst ever day losing 60000 men on the first day of the Battle of the Somme At the end of the battle losses approached nearly half a million and ...
... “Jock” on July 1 1916 At 730am fourteen British infantry divisions went over the top in the opening assault of the Battle of the Somme The 1st Battalion of the KOSB was ordered to advance at 805am in support of the Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers but John ...
... By Donkeys —What it to go top on 1 and to greatest in history of British Army? To commemorate 70th anniversary of Battle of the Somme some of remaining survivors remarkable stories 1100 A Midsummer Night's Dream Lindsay in a colourful and magical film ...
... The Soldier On the 80th anniversary of the battle of the Somme a look at the emerging historical debate surrounding the received wisdom which until now has labelled Marshal Sir Douglas Haig as butcher of the Somme’ Popular myth has lampooned Haig as a caricature ...
... play based on the effects of the First world War on the people of Glasgow Shown to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Saturday Live (Border at 1015pm) Lee Hurst's guests tonight include Ray Charles plus Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin ...
... to stage a limited recovery in Pilgrimage to the Somme Sir On July 1 1916 the British Army suffered its worst ever day losing 60000 men on the first day of the Battle of the Somme At the end of the battle losses approached nearly half a million and nearly ...
... Soldier On the 80th anniversary of the battle of the Somme a look at the emerging historical debate surrounding the received wisdom which until now has labelled Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig as ‘the butcher of the Somme’ 820 THE CAR’S THE STAR — The Austin ...
... alt children five 805 Reaching for the Skies ‘The Aeroplane Goes to War’ Series on the history of aviation From the Battle of the Somme to the skies over Southern England in 1940 the programme traces the story of the men and machines that shaped the future ...
... particular passion in History was the First World War Mr Mcln-trye was unable to quote the numer of times that the Battles of the Somme and Ypres were fought in Room 14 but gradually that room came to resemble a real war scene from that era Tin helmets ...