... clubmates. Mr Buist, born at Balhungie Farm, served with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, taking part in the Battle of the Somme. The couple were wed at Lundie, near Dundee, the home of Mrs Buist, and both are long serving members of St. Rule’s ...

... CHANNEL 4 For Father | ‘Pozieres 1916° by Peter Charlton (Secker and Warburg: Leo Cooper £14.95) is a study of a key battle of the Somme in which the Australian troops suffered more than 23,000 casuaities. It is a story of strategic and tactical blunders ...