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... 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 ...
... 'The Battle of the Somme was pointless slaughter on a massive scale. But what remains is an immense sense of gratitude to the men who gave their lives who died the so we could continue' nagerf:::fatntrFiTWOrtlCilljtaer.aArt,':7nZ::: cseniricZsaotitedre ...
... 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 ...
... Due from Sidgwick on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, The Imperial War Museum Book of the First World War (June, £l9-99) by Malcolm Brown draws on the extensive and often unpublished archives of the Imperial War Museum to create a definitive ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... PART TWO of lain Carmichael’s powerful series on the Battle of the Somme continues with the hour-by-hour story of the fortunes of war on that bloody first day seemed at first that nothing could halve the fury of their attack. Then the left hand companies ...
... 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 ...
... IT was nearing Christmas time - A 1916. The battle of the Somme was at its zenith during the First World War. A wounded man was being carried !tack to his lines amid heavy shell fire. Then one shell landed nearby blowing the bearers and their burden to ...
... . Re-routing fears ORGANISERS of the Battle of the Somme anniversary parade on Monday night in Lurgan fear that it will not be allowed to take its traditional route. They claim police will prevent it from going past the war memorial in the town centre ...