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– 'Battle of the Somme’ goes on |

... - 'Battle of the Somme’ goes on | D. MacLeod Ltd, Luggiebank House, Redbrae Road, Kirkintilloch. Also at Kirkintilloch Herald, Townhead, Kirkintilloch and Milngavie & Bearsden Herald, 5 Douglas St,Milngavie R A specially-built play area which was at the ...

Published: Thursday 11 March 1982
Newspaper: Cumbernauld News
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 639 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

A PHOTOGRAPH from the exhibition. Putting OLD BATTLE PHOTOGRAPHS GO ON SHOW

... A PHOTOGRAPH from the exhibition. Putting OLD BATTLE PHOTOGRAPHS GO ON SHOW THE 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme is being commemorated at Hamilton District Museum with a thought-provoking exhibition entitled ‘‘For King and Country”’. The exhibition ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 1986
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

LOST BAND EQUIPMENT

... BAND EQUIPMENT FRIDAY, JULY 1 VILLAGE HALL, THE WYND CUMBERNAULD VILLAGE To commemorate Ulster Special Services Force Battle of the Somme, 1916 Band contest and disco. £2.00. Pay at the door. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. ...

Published: Wednesday 29 June 1988
Newspaper: Cumbernauld News
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 35 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

AND ABROAD

... First World War veterans will this week make their last official pilgrimage to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which 60,000 British soldiers died. • The Organisation of African Unity in Port Louis, Mauritius strongly condemned ...

Published: Sunday 27 June 1976
Newspaper: Sunday Post
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 55 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Anniversaries

... Thursday. September 14— Death of Duke of Wellington (the Iron Duke), 1852. Friday. September 15 Tanks first used in war, Battle of the Somme, 1916. Lunardi, an Italian, made the first successful balloon ascent in Britain, at London in 1784 Saturday. September ...

Published: Sunday 10 September 1950
Newspaper: Sunday Post
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

Seventy years ago British troops were The carnage went on until | engaged in what was to become one of

... 1916. 420,000 British, 650,000 most horrific episodes in the First World 195,000 French lives were lost. War — the Battle of the Somme. ffillies gained only a few miles On July 1, 1916, Britis‘l‘l and F renc,l: ::l:a(s;;::l:?lnxjrg';’t 3‘3; bdri(:,g' troops ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1986
Newspaper: Kilsyth Chronicle
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 117 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

“The Big Push” (Sphere, ss)

... Gardner The incredible casualty list resulting from the Battle of the Somme in 1916 won the battle the reputation of the worst catastophe in the history of the British Army. A vast, bloody folly, the battle decimated the ranks of the Army, destroying a whole ...

Published: Thursday 11 December 1969
Newspaper: Cumbernauld News
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HIDEAWAY

... locally based Lonsdale Battalion Border Regiment who camped on the racecourse prior to matching off to fight in the Battle of the Somme. Sadly, they never returned to reopen the magazine, which also contained countless tins of bully beef and other items ...

Published: Friday 24 August 1990
Newspaper: Carluke and Lanark Gazette
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

I.T.A. POST

... daughter of the late Raymond Louis Binns, a second lieutenant in the Green Howsrds who had been killed in the first battle of the Somme. Lord Belhaven is succeeded by the son of his first marriage, Robert Anthony Carmichael Hamilton, Master of Belhaven ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1961
Newspaper: Wishaw Press
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 160 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Junior Quiz

... an archipelago? . In which wars did these memorable actions take place? (a) The Charge of the Light Brigade. (b) The Battle of the Somme. (¢) The Relief of Mafeking. . What would you expect to find growing in a paddy field? . What is the name of the celebrated ...

Published: Friday 29 June 1979
Newspaper: Motherwell Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 19 | Tags: none