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... Wounded on Somme Going to France in 1915, he took part in several important engagements. At the Battle of the Somme 1916 his right elbow was shattered, but clever surgery saved the arm and the use of the hand. In spite of his severe wounds, he continued ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... r Cottage, who was on his -motor cycle. A leg that was severely injured during his service with the Gordons at the Battle of the Somme was ag-ain badly hurt, and also a hand. ...
... the torpedoed evacuee ship, had been Unionist M.P. for the Wrekin Division of Shropshire since 1931. He fought in the Battle of the Somme and served the staff of the 3rd and 4th Armies in the Great War and attained the rank of major. At the last election ...
... of Mexico,” as his subject and industrial relations officer, David Stevenson (29), from Stirlingshire, goes for “The Battle of the Somme. ...
... B. Orr. Captain J. B. Orr, R.A.M.C., who has just been awarded the Military Cross for “conspicuous bravery at the battle of the Somme,” joined the staff of the Aberdeen and North of Scotland Agricultural College not long befero outbreak of war for research ...
... Sportstown. 7.2o—The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. B.lo—Angels. 9.o —News and Weather. 9.25 The Good Life. 9.55 The Battle of the Somme. IXs—Tenight. 11.40 Scottish Noun and Weather. ...
... Regiment, when over half the officers and men of the l/4th Battalion were wiped out in their tragic attack in the Battle of the Somme, the Princess Royal on Saturday unveiled a memorial at Halifax Drill Hall to the dead of the First and Second Fourth ...
... 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 ...
... employment of T. Davidson, fish salesman. younger brother. Private Edwin Ritchie, Gordon Highlanders, killed at the battle of the Somme. ...
... vas employed at Glenlossie Pistillery, Elgin, as under-brewei He went to France with his battalion, took part in the battle of the Somme, and was later at St Valery. A keen sportsman, he played outside left for Rothes F C C.Q.M.S. Alex. Forsyth. ...