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PTE. W. G. LEE

... Matlock Road, who has been out with the B.E.F. in Flanders, has been home on leave. Joining up as a Territorial with the 2ndiSth Sherwood Foresters, Pte. Lee endured all the hardships when being evacuated from Dunkirk. lie said they had a marvellous reception ...

SERGT. F. SMITH

... British Legion. wheee home address is at Pease Hill. is home on short leave after his trying experiences in the retreat and evacuation. Commenting to oar representative .iergt. Smith said that had it not been for the capitulation of the Belgian army. a different ...

SWAN WICK

... SWAN WICK. Swanwick village is proud of its men who have taken part in the great retreat of the B.E.F. in Flanders. Their endurance under the moat terrible and inhuman type of warfare cannot be described, and Napoleon's retreat from Moscow was a mere ...