... In the First World War he 'served with the Queen’s Own .Cameron Highlanders, where ihe was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme and he had to undergo several operations, Like so many Carlowegians he emigrated ta Canada in 1927, where be met and ...

... tractor and trailer became an infallible symbol of rain to come. And the garden looks like something left over from the battle of the Somme. We are credibly informed that the contemplation If a garden is a restful, soothing occupation. They haven’t seen our ...

... boy turned to the schoolmaster in some dismay: ‘‘Goad, Mr Borland — they’re aal drinking Brasso”’. ““The Last Great Battle of the Somme”’, by G. Y Cheyne, published by John Donald, price £6.95. ‘““Piobaireachd and its Interpretations’’, by Seumas Mac Neill ...

... my attention engaged. The first I picked up was the last to arrive: it was still top of the heap. ““The Last Great Battle of the Somme’’. Did I really want to read another grim book about the First World War? I thumbed through the index and my eyes lighted ...

... Gordon Mac- Lauchlan, whose numbers included “Uist Tramping Song,” “Mairi’s Wedding’, “Last Farewell to Stirling”, “Battle of the Somme”, and “The Fiery Cross”, among others. Later, Miss Mary Maclean joined them to sing “Last Thing opn My Mind”. Miss Maclean ...

... ground behind the Goathill Road end, however, should be hired out to any film company wishing to make a film about the Battle of the Somme. It is easy to diverge with a scoreline like this but for the encouraging attendance of roughly one hundred, only the ...

... which fought in France. | Mr Maciver served as a 'signaller, and his first taste of the cruelties of war was at the Battle of the Somme in 1917, where for the first itime the Germans used gas. Tragically, he fell victim to that deadly invention, and 'was ...