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Somme 110
On Thursday July 2nd, a small group of local historians and members of the Ulverston – Albert Twinning Association will commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. They will stage a free exhibition of artefacts and other items associated with W.W.1. The town of Albert was the railhead and distribution point for the British Forces.
Forty-two Ulverston soldiers never returned home from that battle, including George Bell, aged 17 years, of Kennedy Street, Ulverston.
On the day of the exhibition, a one-third size home-made model of a “Vickers Gunbus” bi-plane, approximately eight feet long, will be displayed outside the Coro. The “Gunbus” did sterling service over the battlefield by chasing off the German planes.
Commemorative illustrated booklets, containing details of the forty-two Ulverston soldiers, will be available at £3 each on the day (cash only please). There will be something for everybody – local historians, the military minded, and the curious passer-by, at the Coro on Thursday July 2nd, from 9.30am until 3.30pm.
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