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‘lt looks like the Battle of the Somme in some places’

... ‘lt looks like the Battle of the Somme in some places’ ABOVE: The desolation near The Range after the blaze INSET: Firefighters in action ife as a firefighter in Whitby's Blue Watch has been eventful to say the __dleast over the past few days. They were ...

Published: Tuesday 23 September 2003
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1178 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

TODAY marks the oot anniversary ol the opening of the Battle of the Somme in the 1914-18 war. It was

... TODAY marks the oot anniversary ol the opening of the Battle of the Somme in the 1914-18 war. It was a day described as “fateful and fatal” in the history of the 1/4th Battn. the Duke of Wellington's Regt., the Halifax Territorial unit. “No one who was ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 2576 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

It was only then that James realised he had gone into the Battle of the Somme — with an unioaded, useless weapon

... It was only then that James realised he had gone into the Battle of the Somme — with an unioaded, useless weapon. In a relatively short article like this it is hard to do justice to the many anecdotes and stories that Jlames has compiled- Se ‘ndeed me ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1986
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 381 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

On this Remembrance morn- the us are free ing wear your poppy Battle of the Somme. To live our lives

... On this Remembrance morn- the us are free ing wear your poppy Battle of the Somme. To live our lives just as we with great pride. He was one of the ‘Old Con- please in peace And to remember those who temptibles’ who and harmony died one minute survived ...

Published: Saturday 07 November 1987
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 150 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BRITISH THRUST. WITH THE VICTORS. How the Hun was Beaten. Second Battle of the Somme. Press Association War Special

... BRITISH THRUST. WITH THE VICTORS. How the Hun was Beaten. Second Battle of the Somme. Press Association War Special From the Press Association’s special war correspondent, Headquarters, British Army. ¥ | £ France, Friday, Last night passed cemparatively ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1918
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 761 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Last respects . . . a Christmas love story At the end of a year which marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle ..

... Last respects . . . a Christmas love story At the end of a year which marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, PETER RHODES tells a Christmas story of his great-uncle who fought in the conflict It was a wonderful meal. Roast goose with ...

Published: Wednesday 24 December 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 359 | Page: 18 | Tags: none