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News Battle of the Somme parade

... News Battle of the Somme parade THE annual Battle of the Somme Commemoration Parade will be held tomorrow, Thursday, July 1, with Legion members and Regimental, Naval and Royal Air Force Associate members to assemble at the Services Club, Trostan Avenue ...

Published: Wednesday 30 June 1999
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 204 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Battle honours for Somme men

... Battle honours for Somme men Secretary of State Peter Brooke has presented World War One veterans from Northern Ireland with medals commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Special medals depicting the Ulster Tower at Thiepval were ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1991
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 663 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

nniversary of the Battle of the Somme the fallen

... nniversary of the Battle of the Somme the fallen e S g ‘;'\, .:(’M%? P g . V 43 \»,;f- 2 TR 1 5 ® i : P s ke R -t-ffi%z' > %%' T > y m Calvert, 94, from Lisburn, vice b a“” B ...

Published: Monday 08 July 1991
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 78 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

BATTLE OF THE SOMME THIEPVAL Ist July, 1916

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME THIEPVAL Ist July, 1916 The morning mist had lifted not by that dark flowing stream: The summer sun was peering through with early morning gleam: R A gentle breeze was sighing through Thiepval’s leafless trees On that July morn which ...

Published: Friday 10 November 1995
Newspaper: Ulster Star
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 778 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Died 11 years after the Battle of the Somme

... Died 11 years after the Battle of the Somme patient for some time. When he came home to Glenarm he had tried several occupations, but his physical condition deteriorated. ...

Published: Thursday 25 March 1999
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 29 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Local soldiers who fought at Battle of the Somme

... Local soldiers who fought at Battle of the Somme THE BATTLE of the Somme, which was to prove the most costly operation in British Military History, was being planned as early as November 1915, and was to be a joint operation with the French. gained any ...

Central Antrim soldiers who fought Battle of the Somme

... Central Antrim soldiers who fought Battle of the Somme T e m.-.m» i was born in Kilwa e served in the 146 k RIR, ‘w ‘duu#“&._-“%. m‘dh% . Harbows; an His wife and daugiter tived aB~ Jonks 31 Herbert Avense, whils his and mother, brother and sister drem ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1996
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1209 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

OVER THE TOP: soldiers prepare for attack during Battle of the Somme

... OVER THE TOP: soldiers prepare for attack during Battle of the Somme en acknowledgement which is long overdue.” Ulster Unionist MP Martin Smyth called for the men’s names to be entered on war memorials and remembrance books throughout the country. Dr ...

Published: Saturday 25 July 1998
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Battle of Somme commemoration

... Battle of Somme commemoration ON WEDNESDAY, July 1 a parade commemorating the Battle of the Somme will take place in Ballvmena. Ihe parade will leave the Services Club at 6.30 p.m. and proceed to the Memorial Park via Castle Sireet, Bridge Street, Waveney ...

Published: Wednesday 24 June 1992
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 78 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Orangemen pay tribute to those who fought and fell at the Battle of the Somme

... Orangemen pay tribute to those who fought and fell at the Battle of the Somme A LARGE turnout of Larne Orangemen commemorated the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Somme at the weekend, parading from the town’s Market Yard to the War Memorial. Led ...

Published: Thursday 03 July 1997
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 325 | Page: 13 | 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