Nigel Marshall Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Hi, I'm with Bruce on this. I'll be remembering the sacrifice all those killed, from whatever army they happened to be there with. I will be particularly remembering 3/10078 Private Elijah Samuel Briggs of Darnall, Sheffield and 12599 Private William Atkinson of Scholes, Leeds, both 10th Battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment. Also 15/488 Private John Henry Hunter of Barwick in Elmet, Leeds, 15th (1st Leeds Pals) Battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment. All three men remembered and commemorated on the panels of the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. We will remember them. Nec aspera terrent. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF Kelly Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Remembering Pte P McCavigan, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died 1/7/1916, buried Ancre Cemetery Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmen1916 Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Today I will be thinking about all the Irishmen, of every creed and tradition, who went over the top in the battle to end all battle's. Alas it was not. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Remembering all those who both fought and died on this day. The Pals at Serre Railway Hollow CWGC Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 1 July , 2008 Admin Share Posted 1 July , 2008 I was stood quietly contemplating in the garden this morning when I remembered a letter I had read in Tommy Goes To War. Arthur Hubbard served in the London Scottish. He writes that he imagines how it all looks at home, and that the garden must almost be at it's best. Hubbard survived but took his life some years after the war as he never recovered from his war experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swizz Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 I would like to think of the people at home - be it in GB, Ireland, Newfoundland or wherever - waiting for news. I'm thinking particularly of a quote from an old man relating to the Waterside in Derry (it's from Richard Doherty's book 'The Sons of Ulster') describing the arrival of the news of deaths: 'The women were out in the streets, screaming and crying. Some homes had lost more than one man. It was … just terrible on them.' Swizz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Remembering them all, and in particular, the 14 old boys of my old school who fell 92 years ago today, most of them as part of the 36th Division attack on the Schwaben Redoubt. 2nd Lt Ernest George Boas Cpt James Samuel Davidson 2nd Lt Thomas Brignall Elliott 2nd Lt Robert Victor Hamilton Lt Holt Montgomery Hewitt 2nd Lt William Arthur Hewitt Lt Arthur Carson Hollywood 2nd Lt James Hollywood LCpl W King 2nd Lt Thomas George Moore Lt James Dermot Neill Cpt Douglas Hill O'Flaherty LCpl Paul Pollock Cpt Alfred Maurice Thomson -- Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crawfordb Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 I will remember the Durham Light Infantry - and those men who were left behind, in particular two young men who had, on seperate occassions saved my fathers life, Tommy Crawford 15th DLI. Had it not been for their bravery I would not be here today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bantamforgot Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 As with everyone I will remember all who fell on the 1st but in particular the one company from the 1/5th. Cheshires attached to the 56th. Division & Lt. Arthur in particular, seldom mentioned . Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Remembered, all the mothers sons. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolly Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 As per the footer of all my posts Woolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmm45 Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 Remembering all the men who died on this day but in particular the brave Yorkshiremen from Spen Valley a majority serving in the 1st and 2nd Bradford Pals. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 1 July , 2008 Share Posted 1 July , 2008 As per the footer of all my posts Mine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droocoo Posted 16 July , 2008 Share Posted 16 July , 2008 Louis Alban KIA Manchester Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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