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Memories of Blacker’s Boys and the tragic Battle of the Somme

... Memories of Blacker’s Boys and the tragic Battle of the Somme ALMOST 81 years ago the flower of Ulster's manhood perished at the Somme - the saddest, and perhaps most significant date in the history of this Province. Some 5,000 soldiers serving with the ...

Published: Friday 18 April 1997
Newspaper: Portadown Times
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 383 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Shankill Parish Church Battle of the Somme Anniversary

... Shankill Parish Church Battle of the Somme Anniversary Rev. G. A. Boulger., M.A., was the special preacher at the Battle of the ‘Sémme Anniversary Service held Shankill Parish Church on Sunday morning. The service was conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1935
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 258 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Lurgan’s heavy toll at Battle o the Somme

... anniversary of the Battle of the Somme under way, the paper took a look back at how the news was broken locally and spoke to a few survivors and their relations. The article told how the battle brought about the ‘virtual destruction’ of the 36th (Uister) Division ...

Published: Thursday 04 July 1996
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 886 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Battle of Tin Somme- 1,300 MORE PRISONERS

... Battle of Tin Somme- 1,300 MORE PRISONERS. TUESDAY. niesday's official French conwnwaique says : On both sides of the Somme the night was calm. . . . . total number of prisoners taken by us south of the Sozume during the fighting of the past two days ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 1916
Newspaper: Fermanagh Times
County: Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 301 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Local soldiers who fought at Battle of the Somme

... Local soldiers who fought at Battle of the Somme THE BATTLE of the Somme, which was to prove the most costly operation in British Military History, was being planned as early as November 1915, and was to be a joint operation with the French. gained any ...

BATTLE OF SOMME

... BATTLE OF SOMME. anniversary observed. ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH PARADE. The anniversary of the Battle of the Somme was observed in Ballymena Sunday with parade of ex-Servicemen St. Patrick’s Church. On the invitation of Lieut-Colonel Cowley, officer commanding ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 722 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Battle of Somme

... Battle of Somme The Minister of Education, Captain W. J. Long, wil attend the 52nd anniversary of the Battle of the Somme as representative of the Government of Northern Ireland. The anniversary will be commemorated at the Cenotaph in the Garden of R ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1968
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 47 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BATTLE OF SOMME

... BATTLE OF SOMME Plans for Anniversary in Belfast To-day Modified plans have been prepared in Belfast for to-day's anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, 1916, ip which the 36th (Ulster) Division played an epic part. After a special meeting of the City ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 305 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BATTLE OF SOMME

... BATTLE OF SOMME Belfast service on Monday The 35th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme will be commemorated In Belfast on Monday with a service in the Garden of Remembrance, beginning at 11-15 a m. At a special meeting of the City Council, the Lord ...

Published: Saturday 30 June 1951
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BATTLE OF SOMME

... BATTLE OF SOMME Commemorative services in Belfast The great sacrifices which the 36th (Ulster) Division made at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 ware recalled yesterday when commemorative memorial services were attended by thousands of Orangemen and O ...

Published: Monday 30 June 1947
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 512 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BATTLE OF THE SOMME ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION IN BELFAST CENOTAPH CEREMONY

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION IN BELFAST CENOTAPH CEREMONY The twenty-first anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which so many officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 36th (Ulster) Division made the supreme sacrifice, ...

Published: Tuesday 29 June 1937
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 854 | Page: 5 | Tags: none