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... cast gather for The Big Picnic (BBC 2 Bill Bryden's epic stage play (shown to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme), set in Govan, Glasgow, at the outbreak of the First World War. It features Aberdeen's Gary Bakewell (recently seen ...
... Darwin presented his theory on evolution and natural selection to the Linnean Society in London. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1 in less than 24 hours there were 60.000 British casualties. 1929 The cartoon character Popeye the Sailor ...
... in France—where he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery at Loosand he was given a field commission during the Battle of the Somme. Discharged with the rank of Captain in 1918, he joined the Indian Army, and served briefly in the Middie East, also ...
... r Cottage, who was on his -motor cycle. A leg that was severely injured during his service with the Gordons at the Battle of the Somme was ag-ain badly hurt, and also a hand. ...
... of Mexico,” as his subject and industrial relations officer, David Stevenson (29), from Stirlingshire, goes for “The Battle of the Somme. ...
... TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY) and TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTON. By A. CoNan Dov Lr. MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY. Battle of the Somme. Five Reels. THURSDAY. SONS OF SATAN. PRICES OF ADMISSION (Including Cinema Tax)— 2id, 4d, 7d, and Is. SATURDAY MATINEE ...
... the torpedoed evacuee ship, had been Unionist M.P. for the Wrekin Division of Shropshire since 1931. He fought in the Battle of the Somme and served the staff of the 3rd and 4th Armies in the Great War and attained the rank of major. At the last election ...
... B. Orr. Captain J. B. Orr, R.A.M.C., who has just been awarded the Military Cross for “conspicuous bravery at the battle of the Somme,” joined the staff of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland Agricultural College not long befero outbreak of war for research ...
... Sportstown. 7.2o—The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. B.lo—Angels. 9.o —News and Weather. 9.25 The Good Life. 9.55 The Battle of the Somme. IXs—Tenight. 11.40 Scottish Noun and Weather. ...
... Regiment, when over half the officers and men of the l/4th Battalion were wiped out in their tragic attack in the Battle of the Somme, the Princess Royal on Saturday unveiled a memorial at Halifax Drill Hall to the dead of the First and Second Fourth ...
... born in Cambrai, France. He was the first person to come to Britain without arriving by sea. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1. In less than 24 hours there were 60,000 British casualties. 1969 Prince Charles was invested as Prince ...
... THL BANITSBIRE HERALD The War Day by Day. MONDAY In spite of bad weather, there was much fierce fighting in the Battle of the Somme during the At the junction A their lines the British and French. attacking simultaneou.sly. fresh sac-trews. In the Italian ...