... Northumberland on the Pastures at Alowick in the Battle of The Somme. ...

... Spain for a service on May 17 when the plaque will be erected. The diorama, which depicts trench warfare during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, is beginning its first season on display having arrived in Alnwick last month. The model was ...

... see this place to believe it, I don’t think it’s fair to the restaurant and butchers.” He added: “It looks like the Battle of the Somme.” The council were unsure whether the plans were replacing or in addition to the current structures or what tbe'y would ...

... Menin Gate in Ypres. At the same time ceremonies will be takinf place in France to mar the 81st anniversary of the battle of the Somme. I will be leading a coach party from Cumbria to Belgium and France to take part in the ceremonies. We will also visit ...

... was the bloodiest day in the British Army’s history. Over 57,000 men were killed or wounded in a few hours as the Battle of the Somme raged. On average, three men died for every foot of land gained. Presenter Richard Holmes looks at the battlefield as ...

... —ln loving memory of my dear mother, Margaret Ann (nee Orange;..méiow ot the late W. Lawson, killed in actmn‘ at the Battle of the Somme, 1916, who died September, 19.| 1959 — Ever remembered by her son Willie. R.LP. LEWIS (Frances Mary) —Died September ...

... The bloodiest battle of all TO most people the words The Somme conjour up the worst possible images of warfare. “This was blown by the British Royal Engineers under the German lines, and is still there today. ~ “I'm an honorary member of the For that ...

... listed alpabetically, and he was a Percy. A stained glass window is partly dedicated to George Scott, who died in the battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916. A plaque nearby was also erected to his memory by his fellow officers. In St Mary’s Church there is ...

... the Ist corps. He was placed at the head of the sth Army in July, 1916, and. had led the armv at battle of the Somme. In 1917 his army was at the battle Ypres and suffered heavy loss the overwhelming German offensive of March, 1918. over which “break-through” ...

... his • arrival in England is daily expected. Ix the North there is great anxiety, consequence of the state of the battle-fields the Somme, the Pas de Calais, and the Aine. It appears that the bodies were imperfectly buried, and that in some cases they ...