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AT DUNKIRK

... AT DUNKIRK Able-Seaman William Beer, R.N.R., aged nineteen, of Liverpool, has been awarded the D.S.M. for bravery in the Dunkirk evacuation. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Beer, of the Byrom Arms, Byrom Street, Liverpool, have just learned of their son’s ...

Published: Thursday 05 September 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 181 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LIFEBOATS OF DUNKIRK

... LIFEBOATS OF DUNKIRK R.N.L.I. WANTS TO BEAR FULL COST OF REPAIR The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has told the Ministry of Shipping that it does not wish the Government to pay any of the cost to the Institution of sending nineteen of its lifeboats ...

Published: Saturday 20 July 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 278 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK PAINTINGS

... DUNKIRK PAINTINGS NEW YORK, Saturday. The evacuation of Dunkirk is to shown in four paintings, based on eyewitness accounts, in the British Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. One, by Fred Taylor, is of the covering the retreat to the coast. , others ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 134 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FIGHTING IN DUNKIRK?

... FIGHTING IN DUNKIRK? Street fighting was reported, to-day, in the Channel port of Dunkirk, according to informed Nazi sources in Berlin, who said that the Belgian capitulation had permitted a very strong break-through on the entire line. The French, ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 120 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Remembering Dunkirk

... Remembering Dunkirk The wreath laid by the Lord Mayor at the foot of the Cenotaph on behalf of the city was of white chrysanthemums, poppies, and laurel leaves. Lord Derby placed a wreath there representing the Liverpool branch of the British Legion. ...

Published: Tuesday 12 November 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 70 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING

... DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING Staff Offerings to Honour the Brave C The staffs of City Offices, Works, and Factories are asked f°. or^, •' special whip-round collections at once for the Lord Liverpool's War Fund in thanksgiving for the return of the B.E.r- The ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 292 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DIED AT DUNKIRK

... DIED AT DUNKIRK When vessel sank during the Dunkirk evacuation one of those who lost his life was the purser. Mr. Albert Edward Corkish, a native of the Isle of Man. His widow apd two daughters live in Craigside-avenue. West Derby, Liverpool. Sapper Norman ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 65 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK

... BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK ♦ ALLIES HOLD 200 SQUARE MILES Paris, Friday. The Reichswehr attempted to besiege Dunkirk to-night as B.E.F. and French outposts fought the invaders to keep open a path for the retreating army of General Prioux. The French rearguard ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 410 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THOSE DUNKIRK

... THOSE DUNKIRK MEN WERE TOUGH Tribute to the toughness of the soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk is paid in an account the work of the Emergency Medical Service, as seen from one of the sector headquarters and published in the British Medical Journal. Cases ...

Published: Friday 19 July 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 291 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Dunkirk Operations

... The Dunkirk Operations Acting-Flight-Lieutenant John Tcrenca Webster, who receives the D.F.C., is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Webster, of The Boulevard. Grassendale, Liverpool. He has led his flight in innumerable offensive patrols during the ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRAVERY AT DUNKIRK

... in France until the e v ac u a t ion from Dunkirk. Mrs. Renshaw told the Echo to-day that she had no idea what brave action had earned her husband the award, but she believed that it was for something at Dunkirk. L,/Cpl. Renshaw. wrote and asked him what ...

Published: Wednesday 11 September 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 184 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CALAIS TO DUNKIRK

... CALAIS TO DUNKIRK Throughout the night and early this morning British bombers made extensive attacks on the French Channel ports. The attacks stretched for miles. The flashes of the exploding shells were easily seen stretching from Calais to Dunkirk, and the ...

Published: Friday 06 September 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 395 | Page: 5 | Tags: none