... 7TDAYS. 7.30 THE PLANETS. New series about our nearest neighbours in space — the planets. 8.00 “LIONS LED BY DONKEYS. Battle of the Somme survivors give their ViEews. 9.00 UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS. 10.00 HILL STREET BLUES. 11.00 WHODARES WINS 11.45-1.00 “IT ...

... Malcolm McDonald go to from Newcastle? What did God create on the fifth day? How many legs has a slow-worm? Answers —1, Battle of the Somme, 1916; 2, Bangkok; 3, Fore!; 4, A skulk; 5, Glass; 6, Hippopotamus; 7, Beards; 8, Arsenal; 9, Sea creatures and birds; ...

... worked in the mines for 54 years. Mr Ross served with The Black Watch during the First World War and was wounded in the battle of the Somme. “My first son was only weeks old when | enlisted,”” Mr Ross commented. He also served six years as a Special Constable ...

... Langholm “VETERANS' NIGHT.” - Survivors of the Dardanelles Campaign and the Battle of the Somme were chief guests at the annual * Veteran's Night ”* organised by the Langhalm branch of the Royal British Legion, and held in the Legion Club premises on ...

... Scots. He saw service in France for most of the war, having joined in 1914, but m 1917 he was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Somme, and was invalided home. i ~ After the wedding, Mr and Mrs Winn lived in a house at the east end of East Wemyss, and ...

... the end of world war one, and was wounded five times. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre medal for his part in the Battle of the Somme. After the war he returned to his native north-east, and joined Aberdeen City Police. He and his wife then settled in ...

... 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 ...

... at the battles of the Somme. The last battle of the Somme was to storm the fortress of Beaumont Hamel, ‘‘the significance of that curiously neglected last battle” being the subject of the last chapter. Acknowledging that the first day of the ...

... 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 ...

... where he was born, as a guest of his old regiment. Sprightly Harry Lunan (98) piped the sth Gordons into action at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. The last known man alive to pipe men into action during the first world war, his bravery was recorded ...

... succeeded but sometimes failed, and four more lines have generally succeeded.” The casualties in the battles of the Somme were horendous. The first day of battle, Ist July, 1916, the Corps suffered more than 14,000 casualties. One Division lost 223 officers ...

... granny’s house at the Rhynd, Nan aiso recalls going to the picture house in Baimerino Place where she saw a film of the Battle of The Somme. As a busy ‘gaffer granddad Jimmie Jack was always &.lod of assistance and occasional reward for Nan was a hurl to Leuchars ...