% The Battle of the Somme

... % The Battle of the Somme 8 John D Rockefeller, billionaire founder of Standard Oil, was born in 1839; Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was drowned while sailing in the Mediterranean, in 1822. 1892 An Argentinian woman who murdered her two children was the ...

Published: Friday 24 December 1993
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 46 | Tags: none

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

Talk on battle of the Somme

... Talk on battle of the Somme A LEADING historian is giving a talk about the second battle of the Somme in 1918, challenging the view that British forces were made up of “lions led by donkeys™. Peter Simkins, of the Imperial War Museum, will be at the DLI ...

The Battle of the Somme begins

... became the Battle of the Somme. Right from the start the casualty figures were so dreadful it was hard to comprehend them. From time to time standard issue postcards arrived from Bertie or Jack to say that they were fit and well, but the battle went on and ...

Published: Tuesday 23 July 1996
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1194 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Victory in battle at the 'Somme'

... Victory in battle at the 'Somme' A MUDDY patch of grass outside liarrowby Lane Methodist Church in Grantham will be tidied up thanks to pressure from a community action group. The piece of land on Princess Drive, known as The Somme, has been turned into ...

Published: Friday 19 February 1999
Newspaper: Grantham Journal
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 378 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

used in the battle of the Somme

... used in the battle of the Somme in 1916 (4) 8 Whistling creatures never actual. ly observed by Is (8) 13 A military officer assisting a ...

Published: Thursday 08 July 1999
Newspaper: Kensington Post
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 26 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

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

back at the Battle of the Somme in 1916

... back at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 from there on the afternoon of June 30, 1916 that they began their march to the battlefield. It was a moment charged with emotion as all those remaining in reserve turned out to give the fighting men a good send-off ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1996
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 530 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Nationalist Derry's Battle of the Somme

... Nationalist Derry's Battle of the Somme U‘ | sa Wr ht secretary, Cancer Resea h Campa oy gn, rece - — R onsored cycle run, Trom M. JO@ IVICLAUGMIIN, Eymritwrs: rrws g v -~ o g:;;;:::o‘k:;: president, Cancer Research Campaign. (Photo: Connie Cooper, Eglinton) ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1996
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 308 | Page: 17 | 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