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OUTSIDE EUROPE North and North-east In Desert Campaign Men that the new 51st (Highland) Division went “over the ..

... Belgium. At St Valery Withdrawn when -the Nazis broke through to the north of the Maginot Line, they were thrown into battle on the Somme to stop the Nazi spearhead. Aftej more than a week of ceaseless fighting and marching and incredible bravery they were ...

Published: Thursday 29 October 1942
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1159 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Sraemar

... stretcher-bearers who, ondoi; the most conditions, played cooepicuoue part in the fighting line from May, 1915. In the Battle of the Somme —on July last—be v.ae wounded the head, and had only recently returned the front. brother of Corporal Marshall was last ...

Published: Friday 18 May 1917
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1214 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Late Capt. J. Ellis Milne, 0.5.0

... practices and volunteered for service the front, and m France proved himself so able and so fearless that he the D.8.0 the battle of tho Somme In the home leave* a blank which never can filled, ond our sympathy goes out as congregation to-day his aged father ...

Published: Friday 09 March 1917
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1366 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

N.-E. ARTILLERYMEN ON THE SOMME

... Unknown to the Gordons, that barrage, which helped them to achieve the one sweeping British or French success in the Battle of the Somme, was laid down by some of their own townsmen in the Aberdeen Field Artillery Regiment, Gunners and Gordons made cold ...

Published: Thursday 24 April 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1517 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... trenches and the could not fire down Standing up in the fired them with his Wounded though he made prisoners of all •|he Battle of the Somme, C if 'A an^i reg^ment SU P~ . A rg ylls near Abber°ugh Ochin- Bresle. Many of his C v e [ s are still with him. have ...

Published: Thursday 04 September 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1518 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BANFFSHIRE,

... John Macdonald. Scaforths, who is m action. . . 1 also the from with his battalion. Sergeant The cinema film of the battle of the Somme Ldoa Grunt well known in this John Macdonald was janitor in the the Pakutc on Wednesday, trmt having acted locum for ...

Published: Friday 20 October 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1662 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Four Sappers Make a Nazi Target

... Four Sappers Make a Nazi Target By G. E. LEY SMITH KtyERYTHING was set for the great battle on the Somme. The situation had become desperate. Nazi troops were in Abbeville. At a number of points they had sed the river. j Only one chance was left to ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1941
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2315 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

How He Cot liis “ Blighty.”

... Gallipoli before going to France. Three gold stripes tell their own tale wounds—at the Hard noil es, 7th June, 1915; Battle of the Somm«i, Ist July, 1916; and Menin Road. 30ih September, 1917. The last was first Blighty,’ added with Emile, Ijears hie honours ...

Published: Friday 22 February 1918
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Hatton of Crudcn

... the-jr -green which passed off enjoy ably. Monday the managers of the Palace Cinema are present that historic film Tho Battle of die Somm,-.” The engagement for one day only, and four shows are to given.. There are .dready that all to largely patronised ...

Published: Friday 06 October 1916
Newspaper: Aberdeen Weekly Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 521 | Page: 6 | Tags: none