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TELEGRAMS BETWEEN EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AND KING GEORGE

... sending to Your Majesty, and to your gallant armies, my heartiest greetings upon their last achievements in the great battle of the Somme.—Nicholas, Sept 29, 1916.. In the name of my army, and on my own behalf, 1 heartily thank Your Majesty for your gratifying ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1916
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AWARDED THE STAR OF MONS

... big engagements, the most important of whick were :—Mons, Le Chateau, Marne, first and second battles of Ypres, Aisne, first and second battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Messines, and Arras. It is to be hoped that a continuance of Sergt. Peterson’s good ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1918
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN REPORT ON SOMME BATTLE HEAVY STORMING ATTACK BY ALLIES

... GERMAN REPORT ON SOMME BATTLE HEAVY STORMING ATTACK BY ALLIES SOMME DRAMA DRAWING TO AN END. A semi-official description of the big battles on the Somme which iz issued in Berlin says:—The fighting between 9th and 13th October was the ...

Published: Saturday 28 October 1916
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SHETLAND SOLDIER WOUNDED AND MISSING. PRIVATE GEORGE SPENCE

... and after a further course of training at Rigon, he crossed over to France in June, 1916, where he took part in the battles of the Somme and Ancre, in ithe latter of which he was wounded. Private Spence was the first boy to win a Secondary EPQ;llCllion ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1917
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LERWICK SOLDIER AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL

... on 28th November, 1915. After that the histaor{ of the Gordons would be the story of the war. It was not until the battle of the Somme—where so many young Shetlanders fell—that Sergt.-Major Gray had {!il first real cx]}n]eriencc of flf:ating on a grand ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1919
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 468 | Page: 4 | Tags: none