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... He died with Somme old comrades Mr. W. J. Lammin, of Neasden (Middlesex), aged 70, collapsed and died after marching with his old comrades of the 1914—18 war to the Cenotaph yesterday to commemorate the battle of the Somme. ...
... Auckland farmer Mr. H Hivwood, has coughed up a piece of Germuat shrapnel which lay embedded in his head sipce the battle of the Somme in 1918, It was aninch and a half long, half-an-inch thick, ind weighed half an ounce, + - - B-r-r-r-h-h, it's a well ...
... Somme battle remembered PARIS, Thursday Four days of ceremonies, services and parades will be held in France from June 30 to July 3to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which British troops took a leading part during the First ...
... SOMME VETERANS When the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visit Northern Ireland on July 4 they will review 1,500 veterans of the battle of the Somme. The men—mainly from the former 36th Ulster Dlvision—; parade on the Balmoral showgrounds, Belfast. \ ...
... of the v of York “ceMars” club. Jazz sessions, venings and an experimental theatre lo be organised. * * * VCs of the Battle of the Somme and ‘a Pensioners, who also fought there, pted an invitation to attend 50th annicremonies in France on June 31. ...
... Light Infantry will be among the regiments attending the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme ceremonies shortly taking place in France. Seven V.Cs of the battle have accepted the Ministry of Defence's invitation to attend. They include the Rev ...
... he met at the university, an who has just obtained a B.A degree. * w * MANY BRITISH veterans of the first World War Battle o the Somme will be revisiting the battleground next month to pay homage to the many who wer lost there, % SUB-EDITORS’ eyes rose ...
... 1916, at the battle of the Somme that Mr. George Stone, now living at 11 Greenwood-road, Oxley, was “killed” in action while his regiment, the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. were trying to take the village of Beaumont Hammel, on the Somme, said the ...
... infantry, backed by thousands of guns ranging from 13-pounders to 12- inch heavies, made the first attack in the desperate Battle of the Somme. It was a day that brought mourning to the Midlands, so heavy were the British losses, and it was recalled to me by ...
... bloody hand seen aboul Ulster was actually the flash of the 36 Ulster division which suffered 6,000 casualties in the battle of the Somme in two days exactly 50 years ago this weekend. The sign is reproduced on medallions in buttonholes of all the Protestants ...
... 50 years ago: Little Willie IS 50 YEARS AGO this week that| first went to war—at the village of | s during thee battle of the Somme on | ptember 15, 1916. The first tank was e Willie.” ’ * * * of luxury is provided for tl)e. puygtggat lensive poultry ...
... BILL SMITH Bloody battle fought near Wigan A DESERTED COALMINE, near Wigan in Lancashire, was the site chosen by Granada Television on which to reconstruct one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War—the battle of the Somme—for the seventh part ...