... they are nearly all from the March battles of 1918 and it is doubtful if any these men are from Ulster. D uring the Battle of the Somme between July and November 1916 all of the British army fought north of the river Somme, and the Ulster Division fought ...

... tenary this year only one eye, found inside the Over the past 100 years, jacket of his owner, who was killed at the Battle of the Somme they've been cuddled, taken to bed, dressed up, and collected. in 1916. More than 380 prized spec- Edwin went for £4 ...

... No peace at any price THIS week I watched on television the funeral of William Calvert, the last survivor of the Battle of the Somme, and I wondered if this brave man was as ashamed of our unionist politicians as I am. He and his brave comrades fought ...

... in north-eastern France. It continued throughout most of the year, though on a smaller scale after the launch of the Battle of the Somme in July. h‘;North orVeg:’n the German attack developed a very t acfioumhukmflnnedwlafim vigorously maintained by our troops ...

... British Legion in Armagh remembered fallen comrades at the Somme. Orangemen in Omagh and Castlederg also held Somme commemorative parades and ceremonies. In Banbridge and Londonderry, the Somme anniversary was marked by the Royal British Legion. @® The ...

... about his time in uniform. “The war that I knew bore no comparison to World War One. The men there went through the Battle of the Somme and horrible events like it. “I'm only speaking from my own experierce but it bore no relationship to it at all.” After ...

... night about 200 members of the Order, headed by the Clarke Memorial Flute Band, paraded through the city on the 84th Battle of the Somme Commemoration ceremony, at the Cenotaph on the Mall, Three wreaths were laid. In a separate ceremony a wreath, in memory ...

... Wednesday Sunday APPROPRIATELY enough, on the 85th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, David Trimble finally went over the top. Field Marshall Blair spent some time trying to persuade Captain Trimble to remain in the trenches, but the plucky officer ...

... 1943 was known as Charles McMoran Wilson, had come through the First World War and winning the Military Cross at the Battle of the Somme. Despite their friendship, Lord Moran was not blind to Churchill’s failings and _ recorded the good and the bad in an ...

... made by so many during the Battle of the Somme, the threat to their final resting place seems to be diminishing.” Earlier this year, the French authorities announced plans to build a third airport for Paris at Chaulmes in the Somme region. The proposal was ...

... AND Cath olics. World War and the Battle Of The The organiser of the four-day S omme event, The Battle Of The Somme Ulster And Ireland's Part In History shows that it was both sides of our community The Battle Of The Somme is which fought ...

... nationalist Short Strand where there have been constant sectarian clashes in recent weeks. The parade, commemorating the Battle of the Somme, passes by the Catholic enclave where rival mobs fought it out last month. The Commission said it had “considerable ...