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Lieut.-Commander F. B.t Proudfoot. of H.M.S. Skipjack, which in the Dunkirk evacuation, is safe. a nephew of Mr ..

... Lieut.-Commander F. B.t Proudfoot. of H.M.S. Skipjack, which in the Dunkirk evacuation, is safe. a nephew of Mr Walter Proudfoot, civil engineer, Kirkcaldy. He belonged to Oxford, and is son Colonel F. G. Proudfoot, Oxford, who is native of Leuchars. ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 40 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BOMB DROPPED IN FRONT OF HER DOOR

... BOMB DROPPED IN FRONT OF HER DOOR Dundee Lady's Escape from Dunkirk Miss Maud Johnston, whose home in Dundee at 10 Constitution Terrace, arrived home from Dunkirk last night after a very trying experience. Since the conclusion of the last war. in which ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LAIRD, MISSING, WRITES TO WIFE

... LAIRD, MISSING, WRITES TO WIFE Made Way Past Germans To Dunkirk Two days after Captain John Alexander M'Laren Stewart, laird Ardvorlich, Locheamhead, had been reported missing, his wife received a letter from him. Mrs Stewart, unable to decide whether ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 140 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BRIGHTON QUEEN WENT DOWN FIGHTING

... in the evacuation from Dunkirk, were rescued, it was learned yesterday. It is not known how many the Algerian and French soldiers aboard reached safety. Brighton Queen had been called from minesweeping duty and arrived off Dunkirk dawn. With tne aid of ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 163 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

'BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY

... trawlers, was given leave just before the Dunkirk evacuation. He got into civilian clothe, borrowed a civilian identification card and enlisted for service on a small motor-boas. He made three trips to Dunkirk before rejoining his trawler. ...

Published: Friday 02 August 1940
Newspaper: Montrose Standard
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

REVOLVER UNDER BOY'S PILLOW

... REVOLVER UNDER BOY'S PILLOW Souvenir from Dunkirk A 15-year-old messroom steward in the Merchant Service, who was stated to have helped the evacuation of Dunkirk, was at 3alford Juvenile Court bound over for six months for being in possession of a revolver ...

Published: Friday 26 July 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 144 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WAR NEWS FROM DAY TO DAY FRIDAY:

... the B.E.F. and French armies from Dunkirk. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY The official French communique confirmed that it had been possible to embark the greater part of the Allied, troops who fell back to the coast at Dunkirk. The territorial success attained ...

LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN DISMISSED

... LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN DISMISSED Refused To Take Boat To Dunkirk Following a Royal National Lifeboat Institution inquiry into the refusal of the crew of the Hythe lifeboat to assist in the B.E.F. evacuation from Dunkirk,' the coxswain and motor mechanic have been ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 195 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ROSYTH NAVYMAN AWARDED D.S.M

... who distinguished himself in the evacuation of Dunkirk is expected home on leave shortly. He is Stoker Petty Officer Geo. A. Aitchison, whose home is at 21 King's Crescent, Rosyth. For his services at Dunkirk he has been awarded the Distinguished Service ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 69 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SOLDIER GETS TELEGRAM SAYING HE IS MISSING

... SOLDIER GETS TELEGRAM SAYING HE IS MISSING Trooper Thomas Kennedy, on leave after evacuation from Dunkirk, answered the knock at the door of his home in Vernon Street, Belfast yesterdav and was handed telegram. It was from the War Office saying that ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MORE B.E.F. MEN HOME

... ground. It is believed that shins the Allied navies were shelling areas at the back of Dunkirk. Although machine-gunned, bombed and shelled, work parties at Dunkirk yesterday went out and reverently buried the Allied dead. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE Paris, Monday ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 451 | Page: 1 | Tags: none