Sombre Somme shrouds inspire a former soldier
A former soldier is proud to have a certificate for Kintyre’s Private Daniel Docherty.
Kintyre
Tag: first world war
Leisure
From our Files, November 16 2018
The Kaiser is a fugitive at the moment when all the world is rejoicing at the utter defeat of his plot.
Districts
Largiesiders remembered in poignant service
‘We stand in peace in this glen because of the names on this stone.’
Leisure
DOWN MEMORY LANE: McGrory family remembers
‘He was a young officer of the best stamp, thoroughly conversant with his work, and highly considerate of his men, by all of whom he was held in the highest esteem.’
Districts
West Kintyre war dead remembered
Twenty transparent silhouettes, representing the fallen servicemen and others affected by the war, sat among the pews
Campbeltown
Southend’s armistice centenary beacon bonfire
Argyll and Bute Lord Lieutenant, Patrick Stewart said: ‘ I shall be lighting a the bonfire at 7pm on Sunday to mark the centenary of the armistice ending the First World War.’
Districts
Soldier silhouettes honour the Great War’s fallen
Clachan lost 15 young men during the war, at a time when the population would have been much smaller.
Leisure
Down memory lane October 26 2018
The Courier, of November 14 1968, 50 years on from Armistice Day carried six paragraphs.
Leisure
Great War airships exhibition lands in Campbeltown
‘It’s one of the best collections from the First World War that we have seen.’
Districts
Tarbert soldier added to Glasgow University’s roll of honour
‘On reaching the trench the patrol came under very heavy machine-gun fire; he at once dashed forward with his men and succeeded in putting three guns out of action., killing the teams, and bringing back a prisoner.