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inhabitant, made the presentation. Aircraftman Tittle escaped in the NEATH AREA SAVINGS CAMPAIGN Flanders ..

... inhabitant, made the presentation. Aircraftman Tittle escaped in the NEATH AREA SAVINGS CAMPAIGN Flanders evacuation, and he spoke of I two outstanding impressions of the retreat—admiration a young_ Army °Meer who led the soldiers - out o - f ntan-y PROMINENT ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Neath Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1519 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PORT TALBOT SOLDIERS HONOURED

... money to Sapper Jim Phillips, R.E., on his return to his home in Conduit Street, Taibach, after taking part in the Flanders evacuation. The gifts were subscribed by the neighbours, and in making the presentations Councillor Heycock referred to the great ...

Published: Friday 05 July 1940
Newspaper: Neath Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 222 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Welsh Welcome For BJE*F* Men Evacuated From Dunkirk

... Welsh Welcome For BJE*F* Men Evacuated From Dunkirk From early morning to late at night Saturday troop trains reached Cardiff carrying several thousands of the heroes the Flanders evacuation. The majority of the trains passed through the city on their ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1245 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DO YOU KNOW!

... will be run on Wednesday next? Do You KNow— That 385,000 Allied troops have been saved from the jaws of death in Flanders? The evacuation of the troops was a magnificent achievement. Do Yot KNOW — That there are 697,723 workers in South Wales but only ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 538 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Evacuation

... exhaustion, had to be relieved on arrival. British and French troops as they landed told an epic story of the B.E.F. evacuation of the Flanders port. During yesterday and last night two hospital ships lay in the harbour. said a soldier. They were painted ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 408 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZIS’ DESPERATE Infantry “Mowed Down” in Massed Attacks evacuation CONTINUES FRENCH STEM BIG RAIDS ON THE ..

... NAZIS’ DESPERATE Infantry “Mowed Down” in Massed Attacks evacuation CONTINUES FRENCH STEM BIG RAIDS ON THE SOMME NIGHT & DAY THE Germans have launched a supreme effort to capture Dunkirk, hurling masses of infantry through flood waters in successive attacks ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 696 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MASON NOTIONS A ROYAL RECEPTION The war was brought very close to on. Sunday, when trainloads of children, ..

... there was a moving incident on Tuesday, when a Folkestone soldier. evqeuated from the Flanders battlep_eldt, was re-united with his three little who had been evacuated to Nelson. The father had reached home at Folkestone a few hours after his children left ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1015 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

THUMBS UP t—Mot Of the B.E.F

... THUMBS t—Mot Of the B.E.F. King Honours Lord Gort on Return From Flanders Lord Gort (Coimuander-ln-Chlef the British Expeditionary Force) returneo to England on Saturday and was invested by the King the same day with the Insignia of the Knight Grand Cross ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 120 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE NEW OFFENSIVE . The new enemy offensive which began dawn yesterday on front extending from the coast to point

... the sea we shall be able to reinforce it tremendously indeed have not already done so. Eventually the whole force evacuated from Flanders will find their way back into the new fighting line which in many of its sectors is identical with that firmly held ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 382 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AFTER HISTORIC REARGUARD ACTION

... 1,000,000 Germans, members of the British Expeditionary Force sailed from Dunkirk last night in a blaze of glory, leaving Flanders fields to flood and fire. Allied warships accomplished prodigious feats, sending shells from their big guns into the Nazi ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 233 | Page: 1 | Tags: none