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EPISODE · Jun 30, 2016 · 5 MIN

Listen: From Donemana to the Battle of the Somme, the Sayers Last Post

from BBC Radio Foyle · host BBC Radio Foyle

More now on our series marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Ceremonies will be taking place in Northern Ireland and France, and one man who's making the journey to the battlefield is William Sayers from Donemana. His relative, Samuel Sayers, died on the Western Front a month before the battle began in May 1916, and William plans to play the Last Post over his grave in a personal tribute to his sacrifice. He took our reporter Freya McClements to see Samuel Sayers' former home in Donemana...

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