... Western Canada, On the outbreak of the 1914 war he enlisted in the Canadian Infantry and was so severely wounded at the battle of the Somme that his right leg had to be removed. Since then he has lived in British Columbia where he married again following the ...

... 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. ...

... Executive, being invited to the studios to discuss this particular tour was that 1986 is the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The first of the series of the three tours by Sutton Travel coincides with the commencement date — July 1 — when this ...

... 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 ...

... written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett, directed by Ken Loach, covering the ten-year period 1916- 1926, the Battle of the Somme to the General Strike. The series follows the fortunes of three young people against a background of momentous years ...

... 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 ...

... Marches, but one which has produced some of the finest tunes in the entire repertoire of the pipes, notably the classic ‘Battle of the Somme’ and the popular ‘Hills of Dargai’. The Cowal Gathering Piping Conveners felt it appropriate that the Centenary of the ...

... 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 ...

... ted him on his award. He also gave an insight into the appearance of the average soldier at the time — by then the Battle of the Somme had been going on for over three months. “Tommy is about to leave the trenches after a four days' spell,” Luther wrote ...

... A substance with characteristic reactions, used as chemical test (7) 7 Code-name of an invention first used in the battle of the Somme in 1916 (4) 8 Whistling creatures never actually observed by 1A (8) 13 A military officer assisting a superior one (8) ...

... a touch of Europe and highlight Breton style dancing and is expected to cater for a wide variety of interests. The Battle of the Somme, the history of the GAA, the Huguenots the Spanish Civil War and the Belgian connection are just some of the topics ...

... started writing for television. She was a guest script-writer for the last series of Upstairs Downstairg — she did the Battle of the Somme episode — and this autumn has two 50-minute plays coming up on TV. A book of her collected short stories is just about ...