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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

DUNKIRK

... important section of General Prioux’s army has net yet been able to reach tha Dunkirk area, and it la admitted that the position of these men Is becoming more and more difficult. Dunkirk from the cea. have been carrying out extensive bombardments from the air ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 556 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK knew- Dunkirk in peaceful days. When everything so quiet seemed. And people went their tranquil ways. Past cafes where I sat and dreamed. We spoke of evil times long past. When bombing 'planes came o'er at night. And mothers heard the drone aghast ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK great armies marched wit weary steps, Drooping and footsore the coast. A arose which covered God sent the clouds shield Allied host; How would the sea be? was lie secret Present every mind. Would it be export IMPORT > TO EXPORTERS Exchange con ...

Published: Saturday 21 September 1940
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 4 | 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

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
Type: | Words: 139 | Page: 3 | 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