ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
... ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in the First World War. In less than 24 hours there were 60,000 British casualties. 1937 The 999 emergency service came into operation in Britain. ...
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... taste. But one tragedy haunted Pamela: the loss of her beloved older son Edward, nicknamed 'Bim', who was killed in the battle of the Somme. Bim had also written poetry and, unlike Stephen, was manly. One of Stephen's most upsetting memories was of his mother ...
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... of HE Trench is a Tpowerful drama set in the build-up to the catastrophic Battle of the Somme in 1916, following a group of young soldiers as they wait to be thrown into battle and, ultimately, to their deaths. Celebrated novelist and screenwriter William ...
Search for descendants of Great War hero
... Kell was a sergeant in the second battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and was killed on 1 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Now Barry Medhurst, of Hull, is searching for any descendants of Mr Kell so he can pass on to them a memorial plaque ...
1.00 SNOOKER: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. Coverage of the afternoon session at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. 6.00 ..
... Theatre in Sheffield. 7.30 THIS LAND. Details in - Today’s Choice. 8.00 WESTERN FRONT. Richard Holmes asks what made the Battle of the Somme such a disaster, laying blame at poor leadership skills. (R) 8.30 GARDENERS’ WORLD 2000. Alan Titchmarch visits the ...
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... derelict and earmarked for development as a theme park and golf course. WESTERN FRONT. Richard Holmes asks what made the Battle of the Somme such a disaster, laying blame at the poor leadership skills of Generals Haig and Rawlinson. GARDENERS’ WGRLD 2000. Rachel ...
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... the 48 hours leading up *o the Battle of the Somme, The Trench is the story of young men at war seen through the eyes of 17-year old Billy Mc- Farlane (Paul Nicholls). As Billy and his squad wait to be thrown into battle, they experience a range of emotions ...
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... The Trench (1999). A platoon of British soldiers waits for the big push in the mud and cold of 1916 France. At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, General Douglas Haig sent wave upon wave of soldiers ove: the wire against the German guns 11.40 Beloved (1999) ...
The war for common sense
... blue as blueberry pie. This makes it different from other wars. A week of reading about the futile slaughter of the Battle of the Somme reminded me of a time when everyone in the country was connected to someone on that fatal battlefield. So did Alistair ...
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... ranging from World War One to Kosovo, examining the disastrous deployment of dud shells on German trenches during the Battle of the Somme. 9.00 GREAT UNDERTAKINGS. The funeral of Bristol boxer Terry Ratcliffe, noted for his triumph at the 1950 Empire Games ...
Flintshire, Llanasa Chester 27 miles, Liverpool 35 miles, Manchester 60 miles A fine residential and sporting ..
... blue as blueberry pie. This makes it different from other wars. A week of reading about the futile slaughter of the Battle of the Somme reminded me of a time when everyone in the country was connected to someone on that fatal battlefield. So did Alistair ...
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... taste. But one tragedy haunted Pamela: the loss of her beloved older son Edward, nicknamed 'Bim', who was killed in the battle of the Somme. Bim had also written poetry and, unlike Stephen, was manly. One of Stephen's most upsetting memories was of his mother ...