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

A LINK WITH BATTLE OF THE SOMME Rev. JOHN BROWN A chance to win

... A LINK WITH BATTLE OF THE SOMME Rev. JOHN BROWN A chance to win a Christmas DURING THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD special yuletide hampers will be awarded the sender of the first all-correct solution to our weekly Crossword. Winner of the firsf hamper will be announced ...

Published: Thursday 29 November 1962
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 103 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

10%1ORRO‘‘ is the Roth anniyersary of the Battle of the Somme. On that first day in 1916, no fewer than

... 10%1ORRO‘‘ is the Roth anniyersary of the Battle of the Somme. On that first day in 1916, no fewer than 19,000 men died, the largest eyer one-day loss by the British Army, and BBC Radio will be presenting a number of programmes this ,•eek to mark the ...

Published: Sunday 30 June 1996
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 329 | Page: 55 | Tags: none

He was famous throughout the district as being one of the last survivors of the Battle of the Somme

... He was famous throughout the district as being one of the last survivors of the Battle of the Somme. The former Royal Irish Fusilier kept in close contact with the Banbridge branch of the Royal British Legion. And his many friends in that organisation ...

Published: Thursday 17 December 1992
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

B the sons of Ulster at the Battle of the Somme will never be forgotten Memorial to courage

... B the sons of Ulster at the Battle of the Somme will never be forgotten Memorial to courage s TRIBUTE: the Ulister at Thiepval CARNAGE: the British front line after the German attack at Thiepval 5 - mination of the volunteer soldiers who gave their lives ...

Published: Monday 17 November 1997
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 578 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Richard was wounded in the Battle of the Somme but went on to make a full recovery. Bertie, on the

... Richard was wounded in the Battle of the Somme but went on to make a full recovery. Bertie, on the other hand, was awarded the prestigious Military Medal for his gallantry on July 1, 1916. ¢ unwam-mmuwunwmum Germans. He was promoted to sergeant for his ...

TODAY marks the oot anniversary ol the opening of the Battle of the Somme in the 1914-18 war. It was

... TODAY marks the oot anniversary ol the opening of the Battle of the Somme in the 1914-18 war. It was a day described as “fateful and fatal” in the history of the 1/4th Battn. the Duke of Wellington's Regt., the Halifax Territorial unit. “No one who was ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 2576 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Remembering A SERVICE of commemoration for the dead and Thanksgiving for the survivors of the Battle of the ..

... Remembering A SERVICE of commemoration for the dead and Thanksgiving for the survivors of the Battle of the Somme took place on Monday in the War Memorial Park, Ballyclare. The service, held under the auspices of the Ballyclare Branch of the Royal British ...

Battle of the Somme veteran Herbert Birkmyre from a wartime photograph. 41617

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 10 October 1991
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 129 | Page: 7 | Tags: none