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Dunkirk Rescuer

... Dunkirk Rescuer Married Our Bury Correspondent °n leave after his ship and he was wounded Chief Engine-room >, .Thomas Edwards, of , married in Glasgow Mary Edgar, whom working in the ShipyardswS 10 s now n s 40’s, was Mosquito, a gunboat which by bombers ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
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Attacked at Dunkirk

... Attacked at Dunkirk They were used in the Skaggerak and on the Norwegian coast for general duties, dispatch boats, escorts, and so on. They also played their part at the evacuation of Dunkirk under conditions very favourable to themselves. They had a ...

Published: Tuesday 30 July 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 316 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK PILOTS DECORATED

... DUNKIRK PILOTS DECORATED SQUADRON-LEADER PHILIP A. HUNTER, who led a formation which shot down 38 enemy planes in two patrols, was awarded the D.S.O. to-day. The award of 10 D F.C.s and 11 D.F.M.s —manv for heroism during the Dunkirk evacuation was also ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 629 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK IS POWERFULLY ENTRENCHED

... DUNKIRK IS POWERFULLY ENTRENCHED STILL unbroken in face of overwhelming odds, the British and French Armies are continuing their heroic withdrawal to the coast. “Suicide” French divisions were reported to-day to be holding the rear while British troops ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 179 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GOODS BROUGHT FROM DUNKIRK

... GOODS BROUGHT FROM DUNKIRK From Our Heywood Correspondent WHEN three Air Ministry employes were accused at Heywood Police Court to-day of stealing goods worth £376 it was stated to be property brought back from Dunkirk. The men were: Wilfrid Norman Williams ...

Published: Tuesday 13 August 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 796 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK ”

... NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK OFFICIAL communiques were issued to-day as follows : FRENCH TVURING the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region thanks to the resistance of our troops, and in spite of ceaseless difficulties cause by enemy ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 371 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Sand is Covering Scars of Dunkirk Beaches

... Sand is Covering Scars of Dunkirk Beaches WHERE the Nazi blitzkrieg flashed three months ago through the Lowland countries and into France a broken world is coming back to life. Scenes ih the new picture include : DUNKIRK. Remnants of millions of pounds ...

Published: Friday 09 August 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 328 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ANDREWS LIVER SALT FIGHT TO KEEP DUNKIRK

... FIGHT TO KEEP DUNKIRK Unshaken by Intense Fire They Made the Evacuation Possible THRILLING stories of how a single division of British soldiers, including men of the Manchester Regiment, saved the B.E.F. from being cut off on the road to Dunkirk have just ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 424 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Starving Dogs of Dunkirk OF all the tragic episodes in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk perhaps none has

... Starving Dogs of Dunkirk OF all the tragic episodes in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk perhaps none has been more poignant than the pathetic attempts of dogs and horses to board vessels as the troops embarked. Hundreds of dogs, cats, horses ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 154 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ALLIES HOLD A CORUNNA LINE OUTSIDE DUNKIRK

... the Corunna Line. Flooded areas extending south-west and north-east of Dunkirk are playing a priceless part in delaying the German mechanised units. Embarked from Open Beaches Dunkirk itself is protected by curtain of fire from Allied warships, and most ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 1 | Tags: none