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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

Veterans go back to the Somme

... Veterans go back to the Somme A group of 70 Brniuish First World War veterans are to return to France as guests of honour in ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The oldest will be 94- -old Ernie Deighton, h—g-flh King's ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 116 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Edwin Bear — Somme survivor Bear facts of war

... Edwin Bear — Somme survivor Bear facts of war He is only a tiny bear, just five-ang-a-half inches tall, but he survived the bloody battle of the Somme to become a treasured reminder of an heroic young officer. Edwin Bear was a childhood favourite of Percy ...

Published: Wednesday 14 September 1994
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

AARRAAARAR »

... % France was the first * person, male or female, » to wear high heels. » THE battle with the * greatest number of mili- : tary casualties was the » first Battle of the Somme in the First World War. 4 1,043,896 soldiers died » of which 419,654 were % British ...

Published: Thursday 01 December 1988
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 63 | Tags: none

OBITUARIES Death of Somme veteran

... OBITUARIES Death of Somme veteran A MEMBER of the dwindling band of survivors from the battle of the Somme has died at the age of 92. Yorkshire Regiment. The following year he was temporarily transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers after his own regiment ...

Published: Friday 27 January 1989
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 438 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

JUNE

... waving, shouting, dancinf in street etc) and so-called “street Ea.rty demos elsewhere. In rance, 70th anniversarfi of Battle of the Somme in which the forces of bourgeois Imperialism were defeated b{ the celebrated class fighter, Percy Topliss. Magnificent ...

Published: Wednesday 31 December 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Town's tribute

... here in 1894. Both men fought for their country in Flanders during the First World War and both were injured in the Battle of the Somme. Since that time they have devoted much of their lives to serving Rugby's interest. Rugby is indeed proud of men like ...

Published: Friday 12 December 1969
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

French hygiene? Non, mercl

... attended a ceremony where the French did pro- ‘ vide such facilities. 5 It was in 1986 at the 70th commemoration of the Battle of the Somme in Northern France. I was there, wearing my TA hat as a public relations officer with the British Army (later promoted ...

Published: Saturday 16 April 1994
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

£4,715 for Somime fé

... teddy which survived a war battle 74 years before she was born. Her granny, Mary Hall, travelled from Jersey to pady £4,715 for the honey-coloured bear at a London auction yesterday. She said: “How many bears go into battle? I fell in love with him straight ...

Published: Wednesday 21 September 1994
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Radio Stoke (200 m 94.6 VHF)

... At the Local. 3.0 News. 34 The Afternoon Show Radio WM (362 m 95.6 VHF, 928 KHz) 7.30 am Sounds Like Sunday 8.7 The Battle of the Somme. 8.30 A Word in Advance. 9.30 Ed Doolan on Sunday > 12.4 Friends and mhbouu 1.4 This Week. 2.0 Calal . 230 Sound System ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 29 | Tags: none