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Mercury June WINGS OVER THE NAVY-Pages 4 and i ir“ £ I: 9 AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT APPEARS PAGE SIX

... the evacuation of the greater part of BJEF from the German trap in Flanders is due arrived in London yesterday having on the Government’s orders handed over to less senior officer the command of the remainder of the British forces not yet evacuated A dramatic ...

Published: Sunday 02 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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Eight NEWS lrsrams: Mercury” Itlrniingham Trlephoue: liinniiigliatii (13 lines) JUNE 1940 ON WITH THE JOB THE ..

... justified by results They almost succeeded in Flanders: King Leopold's treachery and the massed onslaught of the mighty German Army secured the evacuation but not the annihilation of the Allied forces That evacuation thanks to the skill the tenacity and the ...

Published: Sunday 09 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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MERfT FIRST MEETING WITH THE ENEMY AT VIMY: “WE HELD THEM” From Our Own Correspondent London Saturday wounded ..

... BEF who had been evacuated from Dunkirk that the police had to make periodical clearances of the station Isolated parties arrived on ordinary trains including some Thames amateur yachtsmen who had volunteered to help in the evacuation MAZING stories of ...

Published: Sunday 02 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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MERCURY FOUR SWEEPING LAND REFORMS 48- MINIMUM MEANS A PROMPT TREK BACK Leading Aircraftman Jenkinson and his ..

... car driven by an army officer BIRMINGHAM EVACUATION Birmingham education authorities hope that by to-morrow night parents of in the evacuable of the city will have given a definite Yes or No on question evacuation To enable parents to register their children ...

Published: Sunday 02 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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Three GORT HOME AT am SUNDAY MERCURY Jane 194 Mrs J L with her prize-winning twins at yesterday’s Birmingham ..

... member of the Central Electricity Board Reuter The following is announcement : As a result of the good progress made in the evacuation of the BEF and the consequent reduction in the size of the force now remaining in Northern France General Lord Gort has ...

Published: Sunday 02 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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Two SUNDAY MERCURY 4 August 1944 FROM ONE CENTURY’S WARS TO ANOTHER SQUADRON LEADER’S AWARD UP DAY AFTER SEA DRAMA

... destroyed at least two planes AT K IKK Acting Flight-Lieut John Ellis is another DFC on offensive over Dunkirk during the evacuation Twice while deputising for commanding officer he a four squadrons displaying initiative and destroying enemy planes Later ...

Published: Sunday 04 August 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1885 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Eighteen SUNDAY MERCURY 9 1940 EX-BLUE PLAYER’S GOAL CUP ALBION LOSE FIGHT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP BIRMINGHAM’S HUGE ..

... at next Sunday's Sportsmen's Service at Aston Brotherhood Lichfield-road Aston HOME a short leave after serving the BEF in Flanders Reginald Devey turned out For Birmingham against Walsall at St Andrew's yesterday and by his work centre-half contributed ...

Published: Sunday 09 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3107 | Page: 18 | Tags: none