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... LED BY DONKEYS: The Battle of the Somme. What did it feel like to go over the top on Ist July 1916 and to survive the greatest disaster in the history of the British Army? Some of the remaining survivors of the Battle of the Somme, now in their nineties ...

Published: Friday 08 November 1985
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 64 | Tags: none

SOMME VETERANS

... SOMME VETERANS When the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visit Northern Ireland on July 4 they will review 1,500 veterans of the battle of the Somme. The men—mainly from the former 36th Ulster Dlvision—; parade on the Balmoral showgrounds, Belfast. \ ...

Published: Wednesday 25 May 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 42 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

GERMAN COMMENT

... ent of the “ Koelnische Zeitung ’ says that the battles now going on against the Austrian positions near Gorizia and on the Komen Plateau can only be compared in violence with the battle of the Somme and the last Russian offensive. ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1916
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 49 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TR V 2 } IN HISTORY

... HISTORY 23478 C Noah's Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, after 150 days of consecutive rain. 1916 The first battle of the Somme ended. 1928 The first Mickey Mouse cartoon was shown. ...

Published: Wednesday 18 November 1998
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 40 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Somme Parade

... Somme Parade THE annual commemoration of the Battle of the Somme takes place tonight (Friday). A parade of ex-servicemen will leave the Services Club at 7.15 pm and march via Bridge Street and Waveney Road to the Memorial Park for a wreath laying service ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1994
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

—Or at the Somme?

... —Or at the Somme? Allied ex-Servicemen who served in the Somme Battles, 1916-18, are eligible ‘for the commemorative medal for the Battle of the Somme, ' 1914-1918, issued by the association “ Ceux de la Somme ...

Published: Friday 08 April 1966
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 53 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Monday, Nov. 20th, for 3 Nights, and 3 Matinees WORKING IT OUT (Sparkling 4-Act “World Film.”) “WOUNDED SOMME ..

... for 3 Nights, and 3 Matinees WORKING IT OUT (Sparkling 4-Act “World Film.”) “WOUNDED SOMME HEROES and How they are Cared For.” The Sequel io “The Battle of the Somme.” Thursday : “TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS,” by Sir Arthur Pinero. Every member of the “ Hepworth” ...

No trip?

... twelve surviving heroes, who won V.C.'s during the Battle of the Somme, who have been invited by the Government to uk:vrurt in a commemorative service at % val in July to mark the anniversary of the battle. But he may not be able to ...

Published: Friday 25 March 1966
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 59 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

KAISER DECORATES HIS GENERALS AMSTERDAM, Friday

... Kuhl, his Chief of Staff, * for the exceilent manner which they checked the Franco-Britich attacks and thus gained the battle of the Somme.”’ ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1916
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 55 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Test Your Knowledge Answers

... Test Your Knowledge Answers 1) Antarctica; 2) Tripoli; 3) They areall woodwind instruments; 4) Geneva; 5) The Battle of the Somme in World War I; 6) The Salvation Army. 1) Frimley Green, Surrey; 2) Rugby — they . are Scottish internationalists; 3) English; ...

Published: Friday 25 January 1991
Newspaper: Deeside Piper
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 48 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

DOUGLAS HAIG

... under vour command. their warmest congratulations on the great triumph achieved by the Allied arms in this the third battle of the Somme. The British Empire sends its heartfelt thanks to yo and yvour most gallant troeps. ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1918
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CHANNEL 4

... Omaibus 6.9o—Family Ties ‘.3@*‘”'. Foo! 7-00—News Summary and Weather followed by 7 Days ::::3: Led by Donkeys: Battle of the Somme 9-00—Upstairs, Downstairs lo.Mm Street Blues 11.00—~Who Dares Wins .. . a 1145~ Il The Terror fram ...