Refine Search

Cyclists’ ‘battle’ of the Somme

... Cyclists’ ‘battle’ of the Somme 10 Kentish Express, Thursday; May 22, 1986 o . > The Hythe Rotary Club Cyclists: Riding through France ON THE 42nd anniversary of D Day, June 6, another, smaller; gentler: -invasion of France takes place.” ~ Eight Hythe ...

Published: Thursday 22 May 1986
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 249 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

He gained Military Cross at Battle of the Somme

... He gained Military Cross at Battle of the Somme A distinguished soldier who won the Military Cross at the battle of the Somme in the first world war and commanded his Regiment Ihinkirk in the second. Lieut.- Colonel Edward Guy Pultan. of 21, Keere-street ...

Published: Friday 08 March 1963
Newspaper: Sussex Express
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 533 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Radio and Television Programmes Battle of the Somme Is Recalled Tonight

... Radio and Television Programmes Battle of the Somme Is Recalled Tonight THE Battle of the Somme is recalled at 9.55 this evening by some of the men who were there 40 years ago. They include Robert Graves, Cecil Lewis, C. E. Carrington, A Little Learning ...

Published: Thursday 16 August 1956
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 355 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TOUR THE 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme will be one of the main events

... TOUR THE 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme will be one of the main events in Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Tours brochure for 1991. This will be the last time the British Embassy in Paris will organise a ceremony at Sir Edward ...

Published: Thursday 10 January 1991
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 117 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

BY the end of the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, almost 20,000 troops were

... BY the end of the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, almost 20,000 troops were dead. In the countryside of Northern France there is • commemorating 72.063 from terrible conflict who have no known graves. So many thousands who were so young ...

Published: Friday 07 November 1986
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 336 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

It was only then that James realised he had gone into the Battle of the Somme — with an unioaded, useless weapon

... It was only then that James realised he had gone into the Battle of the Somme — with an unioaded, useless weapon. In a relatively short article like this it is hard to do justice to the many anecdotes and stories that Jlames has compiled- Se ‘ndeed me ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1986
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 381 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

The Somme in sculpture The Great War Battle of the Somme is commemorated in a sculpture exhibition which opened at

... The Somme in sculpture The Great War Battle of the Somme is commemorated in a sculpture exhibition which opened at the Old Gaol, Abingdon, this week. _ . The artist Steve Hunt, who works In a tithe barn at Church Hanborough, specialises in working in ...

Published: Friday 11 March 1977
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 79 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WEEK ENDING MAY 30 13 ON anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Rata' recently staged production of The Acerlngton

... WEEK ENDING MAY 30 13 ON anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Rata' recently staged production of The Acerlngton Pals sombre reminder of described graveyard of the flower of British Manhood'' Based on fact Peter Whelan's powerful and moving play ...

Hitler’s luck OF THE millions of words written about the terrible months during which the Battle of the Somme ..

... Hitler’s luck OF THE millions of words written about the terrible months during which the Battle of the Somme reduced that part of France to a desolate vista of wrecked towns, woodland destruction and miles of muddy craters and trenches, none was of more ...

Published: Friday 19 July 1985
Newspaper: Mid Sussex Times
County: Sussex, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 149 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

~_l - Leo McKern narrates the Battle of the Somme on BBC 1. Felicity Kendal takes on The Good Life

... ~_l - Leo McKern narrates the Battle of the Somme on BBC 1. Felicity Kendal takes on The Good Life. e Tan T » X . y 5 o [ % . “% Y 54 ) ‘.*'l TR il ¥ % . = 2 . o ’ . r e [ N & : f 5 7 S E - kS Ny 4 -_ “ ¢ 4 . - \\\ . ol R .‘ b . A & \\ T sv o '»- 4 v ...

Published: Tuesday 29 June 1976
Newspaper: South Eastern Gazette
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 90 | Page: 44 | Tags: none