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... Battle of the Somme veteran Herbert Birkmyre from a wartime photograph. 41617 sergeant in the B Special Constabulary, which he was a member of from 1922 to 1946. During the Second World War he also served in the Home Guard. A lifelong member of the Orange ...
... PLAN FOR BATTLE OF SOMME CEREMONY There is to be a special commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, in which so many Ulstermen lost their lives, on July 1, next year. At the invitation of the Minister of Finance, Mr. H. V. Kirk ...
... Battle of Somme Memorial Service THE ANNUAL Battle of the Somme memorial service organised by the Eleventh(S) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles(South Antrim Volunteers) Old Comrades’ Association was held in Christ Church on Lisburn’s Hillsborough Road on Sunday ...
... Lodges remember Battle of Somme OFFICERS and members of lodges from neighbouring districts attended the annual parade organised by Ballyboley LOL 458 and held in Larne to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. A short service was ...
... The deaths of thousands of Ulstermen in the Battle of the Somme will be remembered on July 1 next year in a special act of commemoration at the war memorial at Thiepval, in France. Of the initial advance, on July 1, 1916, John Buchan, the famous Scots ...
... fh the gory gallantry of the Battle of the Somme when the flower of Ulster’s manhood fell. The service was arranged by the 11th (S) Battalion. Royal Irish Rifles; South Antrim Volunteers and Old Comrades’ Association, and the Rev. R. Desmond Morris preached ...
... Belfast marks the Somme anniversary THE 44TH ANNIVERSARY of the Battle of the Somme was observed in Belfast to-day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in the Garden of Remembrance at the City Hall. . .1 A guard of honour was mounted by the Royal ...
... VMembers of the British Legion assembled in the Memorial Park, Ballymena for the service in commemoration of the Battle of the Somme. ™ — . ™ = e w,é e o e oR S T e SNy Khwis ) R R ...
... in the Battle of the Somme, which has been called the worst battle in British military history was -recalled, yesterday, during a serviceat ; ifl; QGEEN ute_rd. sent a n,w“u’e’of 3605 Hor on the ol avalversary ster on ann of the Battle of the ...
... out on its way to a Battle of the Somme church service Smyth and Church of Ireland rector the Rev William Hoey. Opening the service, Mr Smyth said it was ironic that the descendants of those who had fought in the Battle of the Somme were banned from walking ...
... eterans of the Battle of the Somme were given a place of honour during yesterday’s ceremony friends in action, and they had been buried in simple ceremonies at the Somme. met with very heavy machine gun fire. My men had no casualties, but olnm the g&::s ...
... Somme Battle anniversary services held IN commemoration of the 38th anniversar of the Battle of the Somme. members of the Orange Order of the ten Belfast Districts. accompanied by bands, paraded to services in the Grosvenor Hall. Assembly Hall. and the ...