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PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS

... service at the front, where his gallantry and efficiency won for him his present rani re . lber lg was wounded in the battle of the Somme. After serving his time in the firm of Messrs. Robinson & Cleaver, Belfast. be enlisted in the Y.C.V.'s, and weal So ...

tbis front, particularly out of Mory, but ma'tF no progress from that place and very litefe elsewhere. In the ..

... coastructed prior to the retreat a jear ago. W N Y @ N BACK TO THE SOMME. STIRRING NARRATIVE. \ (HARGE OF THE TANKS. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, Monday Nigiit.—The second battle of the Somme is being fought by armies in the open. Along the tlaming frout from ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1918
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 121 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BRITISH AVIATION

... operations in the air. Our aeroplanes none the less reported the progress of the battle south the Somme, and fired into tneray Of the German machines which cp- this part the battle front eix were down our aeroplanes, and one was start down our anti-aircraft ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

IN MEMORIAM

... To the glorious and Immortal memory of the Officers, C.O.'s, and Men of the Ulster Division who fcuffht and died the Battle of the Somme, Ist July, 1916. ...

Published: Tuesday 02 July 1918
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

QUEENSHAN DECORATED

... University of Belfast when joined the Ulster Division served-54 years in France, being present at the opening of lb© Battle of the Somme, the capture tho Mess'nos Ridge, and other actions. ram© home some four months ago to resume his medical studies, and ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 122 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WORK OF OUR NOBLE ARMIES

... g'X'd troops, strongly entrenched. aji«l little inferior fome. If w*> compare the mieroaoopk* advances made tbe first, battle of the Somme such immense cost with the rapid progress our troop? vital a point as the near Cateau, we have a measure the extraordinary ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 134 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

IN MEMORIAM

... loving memory 01 our dear eon Sergeant Wm. Hughes, B I F.. who July 10th. 1916, from wounds 'waived in action at the battle of the Somme on July Ist. 1916, sod was interred in St. Mania's Cemetery, Boulogne. France. Ever remembered by his sorrowing tether ...

Published: Saturday 13 July 1918
Newspaper: Portadown News
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 663 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Lurgan Lieutenant’s M.C

... without rest or sleep for three days. Many of his signallers were gmocked out. These incidents took place after the battle of the Somme. Second Liastenant Rogers is the second son of Mr John Rogers, station master, Lurgan. Previous to regiving a commission ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1918
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 144 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CITY Y.M.C.A

... CITY Y.M.C.A. At the memorial service the Wellington Hall the T.M.C.A. in memory of the brethren who fell the battle of the Somme Ist July and during the war the districts represented were 7,8, 9, and 10, the first three mentioned mustering Clifton Street ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 535 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MARRIAOI

... HATES—in loving memory of my dear busload, Pries John Hayes (14103) Royal Irish Feathers, who feU in adios at the battle of the Somme on Ist July, 1916. What is boon without a Whet ? We ohm mime hie loving taw, The tint we fly to in !arrow, Nose sea ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1918
Newspaper: Portadown News
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 958 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A Great Achievement

... this vast and concentrated effort produced its first real fruits of success in the battle of the Somme. feature of Mr. Dewar's article is its vindication of the Somme operations, which will always have both glorious and tragic arsociatipns for Ulster ...

Published: Saturday 17 August 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 799 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE WESTERN FRONT

... THE WESTERN FRONT. It was in February that the result of the Battle of the Somme became manifest. Begun in the previous summer and continued until well into the autumn, with the .pture of many strong positions which the enemy had hold for two years, it ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1918
Newspaper: Portadown News
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 3 | Tags: none