... Dr Cruickshank was awarded the Military Cross in the field for attending the wounded, and was wounded himself at the Battle of the Somme. During the Second World War he set up and ran the West of Scotland emergency medical service. ...

... and Queant. Mecanwhile the losses of the en;m.v are in ex cess of anything that could bhave been imayz ined. 3 The battle of the Somme resulted in 730,000 men being placed hors de combat. . It is impossible to estimate those incurred in the bloody defeat ...

... GREAT BATTLE ON THE SOMME. RESULTS: 25 VILLAGES RETAKEN, 35,000 PRISONERS - CAPTURED, AND 150 GUNS TAKEN. General Jofire has an order of the day to the Armies of the North, expressing his profound satisfaction with the troops fighting on the Somme, For ...

... Commerce) Battalion of the Highland Light infantry, and saw active service in France and Germany. He tock part in the Battle of the Somme, and was also at Passchendaele. Following the cessation of hostilities, he spent about a year in the Army of Occupation ...

... when Mr McDonald was home after service with the Black Watch during the First World War, He came safely through the Battle of the Somme, but ne ,was injured late in 1917, and subsequently sent homc. Both bride and groom were then 24 years old, The Rev ...

... In the First World War he 'served with the Queen’s Own .Cameron Highlanders, where ihe was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme and he had to undergo several operations, Like so many Carlowegians he emigrated ta Canada in 1927, where be met and ...

... Michael York and Elke Sommer. The time is 1915, Opposing armies are locked in the futile struggle and carnage Lof the battle of the Somme. With | men dying in the thousands. fighting [to gain a few feet of land. a new | menace looms high: the Zeppelin. lan ...

... Commerce) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, and saw active service in France and Germany. He took part in the Battle of the Somme, and was also at Passchendaele. Following the cessation of hostilities, he spent about a year in the Army of Occupation ...

... and preserved it as a memorial to the men who fought and died there. Now every year on July 1 at 7.30 am, when the battle of the Somme started, a small service is held on the site. The Friends of Lochnagar care for the crater and they are behind the moves ...

... the RAF won the Battle of Britain in the air over Southern England. The two youngsters become closely involved in many of the wartime events of that summer. Their story is illustrated with drawings by Clayton Knight. “Battle of the Somme’” by Christopher ...

... on Ist August, 1916, He was wounded in the battle of the Somme, and was in hospital in France for a few weeks. On recovering I‘;e again went to the fromt, and on 10th November, he was wounded at the battle of the Ancre. He was sent on to England and ...

... the Prime Minister and his words. Let me remind you of the facts. On March 2llst, 1918, there began the second great battle of the Somme. For us it was almost the beginning of the end. During the few days following March 21st Germany came nearer to winning ...