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HAWICK WOMAN'S ESCAPE FROM GHENT

... some bomb killed fifteen people, including two women and a child. From Ostend, Mrs Ser'ippons made journey+ to Dunkirk and Calais, again to Dunkirk, in an abet to bit-omeg* to this and finally wand a ipisee,ca She was one of the fortunate few to be taken ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 244 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HAWICK LADS HOME AGAIN MANY telegrams hate been received in Hawick this week from local soldiers who have ..

... to many homes in Hawick, when there had been some anxiety lest France's decision to cease fighting might lead to another Dunkirk, lu which a popular local regiment might be involved. The Prime Minister, in his speech yesterday, made it clear that there ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 93 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Pte. Thomas Cowlbaa, Pte. Wm. Halliday, Pte. Arthur Armstroag

... conclusion that as the battalion was safe in this countri something must hare happened to this prisoners. He recalls that after Dunkirk men kept turning up for two or three weeks after the last official day of the withdrawal, and added that the men's relatives ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 126 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TOWN HALL SERVICES

... concert will be given in aid of the regimental funds of a battalion which lost much of its equipment in the evacuation of Dunkirk. It is expected that, under this dual arrange ment, the Town Hall might well be crowded, but special provision may be made ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

[feet of Prayer

... the Rev. A. A. ng Lis text on the deliverance of prison after the prayers of his rred to the recent deliverance from Dunkirk. That deliverance, followed our earnest prayers, iose who did not profess to be Revers oordeseed that the deliverthing abort ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AN APPEAL

... AN APPEAL A regiment in Ilawick is in much need of hockey sticks owing to their sports kit being lost at Dunkirk, end anyosse who can oblige by supplying sticks should band them to Mr Stothart, 6 High Street. Help will be greatly appreciated. Mrs G. M ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

On Lost Minesweeper

... Hawick, was one of the crew of the minesweeper, Gracie Fields, which was reported by the Admiralty to have been sunk off Dunkirk. Whether be was actually aboard at the time is not known. He served his apprenticeship with the Urban Electric Supply Co. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TOWN

... who are still anxiously awaiting news of suns and brothers, although the many prisoners taken before the evacuations from Dunkirk and from France must surely soon be all tabulated and recorded. It has been made clear by many incidents connected with the ...

Published: Wednesday 02 October 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CONFIDENT ARMY

... spite of the declaration of King Leopold and the German break through on the other flank at Sedan. it fought its way back to Dunkirk and five-sixths of it reached home. An outstanding exploit was the holding of Calais citadel for over a week by en improvised ...

Published: Wednesday 04 September 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 222 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PRISONER OF WAR

... reported miming in July. A friend, writing home at that time, said that he saw Pte. Potts in the water at the evacuation of Dunkirk. The family had begun to lose hope of bearing of him, and the news of his safety came as a joyful surprise. Pte. Potts, who ...

Published: Wednesday 11 September 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

I. MYSTERY OF BELGIUM'S KING NEWS from Belgium beginning to be encouraging, as wee to be expected, for there is

... workmen go into the fields at night and sever military cables, or continue to hide British soldiers who failed to escape from Dunkirk or airmen w'ho have bad to come down by parachute on their way back from bombing Germany. Why, ask the Nasis, do they not ...

Published: Wednesday 06 November 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 298 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

YOUTH HOSTELS TACKLE BRACKEN PEST

... HOME WHEN REPORTED MISSING L./441. J. Dick, 5 Silver Street, C Hawick for a few days' leave after having been evacuated from Dunkirk, was sitting at his breakfast when the postman knocked at the door. A letter bearing the letters O.H. handed to him ing ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 726 | Page: 5 | Tags: none