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Welsh News in Brief

... Nelson, who fell off a pony's back and died without recovering consciousness. Reunited in Wales. -Private Harry Smith, evacuated from Flanders, reached his home at Folkestone Sunday few hours after his daughters, aged seven, five, and four, had left for South ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 714 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

B.E.F. Officers Awarded the D.S.O

... operation was of inestimable value to the infantry. Decorated R.A.F. Men’s Heroism A number of awards for heroism in the Dunkirk evacuation are included in the list of R A F. decorations issued by the Air Ministry on Friday. They consist of one D. 5.0., 10 D.F ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 685 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Aberayron

... Williams has been with the Forces practically since the outbreak of war. He was in France and Flanders throughout the whole of that campaign. and was in the evacuation of Dunkirk. He is a corporal in the Royal Engineers. and prior to joining was employed at ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Welsh Gazette
County: Cardiganshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 644 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BEST OF EVERYTHING FOUNDATION OF R.A.F. WASTRULY LAID

... reinforced more swiftly than training, had been promised. It gave a grand INDIVIDUAL SUPERIORITY account of itself in the Flanders battles.! Our aircraft are the best in the and in spite of the defection of King world* to-day and, as we overhaul I.eopold ...

Published: Friday 06 September 1940
Newspaper: Porthcawl Guardian
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 825 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

of Contraband Negotiations

... them away from the Flanders coast. Our losses have been very heavy, but judging by the stories one hears the lermans have lost five times much. Considering the incessant bombing and shelling during the retreat and even during evacuation —for it is proved ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1489 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NUMEROUS DIRECT HITS

... Waalhaven began shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The airport hangars, presumably fired by the Dutch before evacuation, were already ablaze when the first of the British bombers arrived over the aerodrome. Attacks wore concentrated on the ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 974 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

War Comforts Committee

... this appeal on Tuesday at a general meeting of the Merthyr War Comforts Committee when referring to the successful evacuation from Flanders of 350,000 men of the British Expeditionary• Force. Canon Pugh. who Is the chairman of the committee, presided, and ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 935 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AN EPIC FEAT—AND ITS MORAL FOR ALL OF US

... B E.F., which was almost trapped in Belgium and Northern France following King Leopold's sur-1 render, have already been evacuated to i Britain. Hour by hour the number grows. As I write I can see British and French vessels of every type from time to time ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1049 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE EXPRESS

... retirement. Loft to right : Mr. J. Owen, Mrs. O. H. Boswell,' Mr..T2 Osmond Jones (Commercial Union. Cardiff), Mr. R. F. Flanders (area inspector). Mr. Herbert Morgan, the Rev. Emlyn Davies, Ws. Morgan, Mr. J. Berry Rees, Mr. Wm. Morris, Mr. Dan Williams ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1066 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WESTERN MAIL & SOUTH WALES NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. BRITISH OFFICIAL FMOTOGRAFH of th* Station and Docki ..

... Military Police, and they have served together in France. They fought through the retreat to Dunkirk side by side, were evacuated on Friday of last week, and arrived home together on Saturday night. Last November Corpora! Arthur Bastone married daughter ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1203 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Letters to the Editor

... piermaster. Llandudno. has been killed in action. This Captain John Roberts, to his brother. Mr. casua.ty occurred during the evacuation Jack Roberts. late of the post office and from Dunkirk and one of his comrades has now on the Food Controller's staff at ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: North Wales Weekly News
County: Denbighshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 1225 | Page: 8 | Tags: none