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Battle of the Somme

... Battle of the Somme It was revived in 1920 as the state of Northern Ireland was about to be established, and reborn in its present terrorist mode in 1966 under the leadership of Gusty Spence the man who read yesterday’s announcement that they were calling ...

Published: Friday 14 October 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 282 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Battle of the Somme SIR; As I write, it is exactly 80 years since my father was killed in Mametz

... Battle of the Somme SIR; As I write, it is exactly 80 years since my father was killed in Mametz Wood at the Battle of the Somme. In my long life, I remember nothing more clearly as I described' in my book From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy than the ...

Published: Monday 15 July 1996
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 373 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

SATURDAY ANSWERS From Page One 1 Paul McCartney; 2 Battle of the Somme; 3 Power Gen; 4 The Warsaw Pact;

... SATURDAY ANSWERS From Page One 1 Paul McCartney; 2 Battle of the Somme; 3 Power Gen; 4 The Warsaw Pact; 5 Dundee; Inverurie; 7 30; 8 Rob Roy; Soviet Union: 10 The Bible; 11 Prince Harry; 12 Political asylum; 13 The pint; 14 Murrayfleld; Dolly Parton; ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1991
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 61 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Somme centre

... divisions who fought at the Battle of the Somme in World War I. ...

Published: Tuesday 22 March 1994
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

■ TODAY

... cast gather for The Big Picnic (BBC 2 Bill Bryden's epic stage play (shown to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme), set in Govan, Glasgow, at the outbreak of the First World War. It features Aberdeen's Gary Bakewell (recently seen ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1996
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 75 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

THIS DAY

... Darwin presented his theory on evolution and natural selection to the Linnean Society in London. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1 in less than 24 hours there were 60.000 British casualties. 1929 The cartoon character Popeye the Sailor ...

Published: Thursday 01 July 1999
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 83 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

THIS

... born in Cambrai, France. He was the first person to come to Britain without arriving by sea. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1. In less than 24 hours there were 60,000 British casualties. 1969 Prince Charles was invested as Prince ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1998
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

LlB3

... Rocket its inaugural run [1916: Military tanks were first sent into action as part of the allied ; offensive at the Battle of the Somme j 1928: Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin 1982: Despite Israeli opposition. Pope John Paul ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1999
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 100 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

On this day..

... Rocket on Its inaugural run 1B1B: Military tanks were first sent into action as part of the allied offensive at the Battle of the Somme 1928: Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin 1982: Despite Israeli opposition. Pope John Paul II ...

Published: Tuesday 15 September 1998
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 96 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

David Hartley

... is feeing major problems. “It’s an absolute disaster fields where they’ve attempted to cut silage look more like the Battle of the Somme than part of a farm.” —, i 1 1- ■ —————i ...

Published: Thursday 20 August 1998
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

□ AUSTAIR BEATON

... BEATON sth Battalion.lhe Gordon Highlanders, in 1915. The following year he was in France taking part in the bloody Battle of the Somme. Mr Rearie was completely buried in mud in the fighting around Arras in 1917. His companions dug him out and he was ...

Published: Saturday 08 September 1990
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Plea to thieves after silver raid

... father. Major Sidney Maplesden Noakes, served throughout World War 1. He was in command of a battery during the 1916 Battle of the Somme and was decorated. ...

Published: Monday 15 May 1995
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 6 | Tags: none