... with the heading, Escape from Dunkirk.” The soldier, Piper Will Ford, is a son of the late Mr J. Ford, Back Row, Selkirk, has been in the Regular Army for many years. Here is the extract: A tale of the Allied escape from Dunkirk was told in a letter received ...

... been wounded. They travelled to see him in a hospital in the south, where he was lying dangerously ill. He had arrived at Dunkirk with a wound in the ankle. This did not deter him from swimming to a ship, and getting on board. It was bombed and sunk. He ...

... the splinters of one bomb she was wounded. The same bomb killed fifteen people, including two women and a child. Ax Dunkirk. At Dunkirk, after four days on the road, she finally secured a place on a hospital ship. During the voyage the hospital ship was ...

... COLDSTREAM To Honour Guards—lnspired by the heroic rear guard action which the Coldstream Guards helped to fight at Dunkirk, the people of Coldstream want to commemorate the founding of the famous regiment in their little town. The site of the inn where ...

... PRISONERS OF WAR Lady Ellesmere, mother of Lord Brackley, from whom news has been received -since before the evacuation of Dunkirk, has now received official notification that he is a prisoner of war and in excellent health. Lord Brackley had a commission ...

... and Mrs T. Gordon, Drumlanrig Square, is reported to have been killed in action. His vessel was sunk by enemy action off Dunkirk. He was employed with the Urban Electric Co. before joining the Navy. ...

... special chapter will be devoted to those who served by toil. They have made a magnificent response to the call, it After Dunkirk, we were in a parlous position in regard to munitions and equipment. A veritable transformation has been wrought by those ...

... 8., who has a Chirnside connection, but whose home is at Larbert, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery at the Dunkirk evacuation. ...

... was the first Militiaman to leave the village. After a spell at Stobs, he went to France with the R.E.'s, and was at the Dunkirk evacuation. Bow'lers. —On Saturday afternoon the bowling Club completed their tournaments. The pairs competition was won by ...

... duty this week. On Leave. —Home on leave were Stokers Mabon and Turner, also Private T Brown, who was in the evacuation from Dunkirk.. He is the former Vale of Leithen defender. Scouts. —The Boy Scouts continue their good work in the collection of waste paper ...

... nation to-day had greatly deteriorated from the united nation of 1914-1918. He also spoke of the successful evacuation from Dunkirk as a great military feat, and ended his address with an appeal for continued unity. When questioned on Turkey, he said that ...

... undergoing quarantine in the Blue Cross Kennels alone. I am informed that a number of French soldiers, who were evacuated from Dunkirk, had their dogs with them, and it is said that a compound was made for some of them in one of the camps, as their owners objected ...