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HISTORIC PLACES BOMBED

... damage w as done to the State apartments. The residents, staff, and most of the palace art treasures had previously been evacuated. One beautiful old Queen Anne house in Kensington Square, dating from 1698. was demolished, but the house in the same square ...

Published: Monday 04 November 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Killed in Action

... now in hospital recovering from wounds received in Flanders. Sergeant Robson's parents live at 16, Lord Street. Newcastle. Hobson. Died in Hospital After being severely wounded in the battles in Flanders, Pte. Donald Stewart. of 21. Whitehall Road, Gateshead ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 443 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

RIDES FOR SOLDIERS PLAN

... those who have been successfully evacuated. SOUTH BOLDON MAN MISSING Councillor and Hero of Last War The War Office has announced that Captain J. Gordon Durham, of South Boldon, is missing, believed killed, in Flanders. Captain Gordon Durham, whose home ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 271 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

“Unprovoked Assault”

... of a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture. His brother, OEptain S. T. Irwin. R.A.M.C., was also in Flanders and was evacuated. Their father is a Belfast surgeon. ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CASTLE, TUESDAY, JUNE 4. 1940 RIOUS DUNKIRK

... Fifth Columnists or parachuters, and 500 of them have already passed their medical tests. back from Flanders. A B.E.F, soldier gets rid of that Flanders Mud with the help of a comrade at a rest camp for troops ■P .j^n ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 497 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CALL-UP TO BE QUICKER

... against a foe which studies these questions meticulously. SHIELDS MEN BACK FROM FLANDERS Many North Shields men are among the B.E.F. who have been successfully evacuated from Flanders. Members of the Northern Press who are reported safe in England are . Sergt ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 702 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ALL PLAY THEIR PART

... applicable to the present day. This week alone duke, an earl, and a viscount have appeared in the British casualty lists from Flanders, proving once more that democracy stands for all of us. It also testifies the falsity of the one-time jibe that the rich ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 372 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SHIELDS MAN GETS M.C. AWARD

... SHIELDS MAN GETS M.C. AWARD Flanders Bravery Rewarded SECOND:LIEUT. A, W. Leinster, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. who has been awarded the MC.. is a North Shields man. On May 31 at Moeres there was a gap in the defensive position on the Lingefoot Canal ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 295 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LEAN TENSION DOES NOT EAN NAZI-SOVIET BREACH

... Hong-Kong, and the military evacuation Shanghai have been under review by the War Cabinet. is understood the British Government intends to maintain a firm attitude, although it will continue to take such action the evacuation of women and children from ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 765 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIGHT STUBBORNLY Enemy Tries To Mine Coast

... Fighting with a steadiness never excelled in military history. Allied troops are continuing their grim rearguard action in Flanders. THOUSANDS British troops continued to arrive in England to-day, and Estimates of the number who have returned vary from ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 350 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ITALIANS MAY ATTACK

... efforts, but keep at full pressure throughout the summer months. As well as the masses of war material lost in the evacuation of Flanders, there was also a huge quantity of personal clothing. This must he replaced. If you experience short delay in obtaining ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 384 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TYNESIDE STAMP TAX PLEA

... of our men may be fully backed up by equipment and supplies.” Sir Arthur added they all rejoiced in the safe return from Flanders of many of Tyneside’s young men. It was decided to recommend that the proposed purchase tax coldected from the retailer and ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 399 | Page: 5 | Tags: none