... soldiers who were massacred on the Somme 75 years ago yesterday News that Blackburn Council and Lancashire County Council have donated £1500 between them came on the actual anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme when 57000 British soldiers were ...

... barrister on the northern circuit. In 1918, after having been discharged from the Army owing to wounds sustained at the Battle of the Somme in which he fought with the sth Cheshires, he was appointed Chief Constable of the Criminal Investigation Department ...

... Pals is that there are now so few survivors. 'The fact is, of course, that all too many of the Pals died in the Battle of the Somme on July 2nd, 1915. The battalion was raised by a former Mayor of Accrington, the late Captain Harwood. The battalion ...

... and president, - I can never forget that I had a brother-in-law, now dead, who had both eyes blown out in the First Battle of the Somme. When I came home on my first leave i saw him I thought then that if God would spare me I would do all I could to help ...

... Burlington Ontario to be moving memo- being Serre —Ken's' lather Dennis of lucky who got out of the Battle of the Somme alive of serious to leg on to crawl of the Somme to afield sent back My father really- talked about I Among Accrlngton Observer of the day ...

... he. received during the First World War when he was stationed just outside Ypres in France. He fought in, the first battle of the Somme and was in hospital for 11 months before he was discharged. Since he lost his leg he has found it difficult to walk ...

... architect. Deceased’s’ father, @in t'Sam Smith, was a member of the (1118 On Pals’ Battalion, and lost his ,R‘ :pghe battle on the Somme in July, ~Rev € funeral service was conducted by l“h *J. Mitchell. The floral tributes, “Vere very numerous, included ...

... EVENING 6-15-TW1CE MINNIE MUIR Comedienne LOIE CONN With Cornet WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL “THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME!” “THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME!” “THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME!” WAR AS IT REALLY IS— with Full Orchestral ...

... brought tears to the eyes of parents at Peel Park Primary School The top three classes who have been learning about the Battle of the Somme for their National Curriculum history studies presented their moving re-enactment to the narration of the Accrington ...

... wounded_in_action three times. At the battle of Neuf Chateau he received a Pruesian bavonet in the side. He was wounded by a bullet in the second battle of Arras, and-at Bazentine la Petitin, the battle of the Somme, he received severe head wounds from ...

... and building up a picture of him before and after enlistment They follow their own Pal through training and into the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 Mr Turner explained: “The chosen characters are carefully selected to reflect the casualties suffered ...

... the army battalion that suffered such heavy casualties in World War One especially on the first day of the horrendous Battle of the Somme It is ready and waiting to be shipped to its final resting place in the French cemetery at Serre Along with 3000 Accrington ...