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DUNKIRK

... important section of General Prioux’s army has net yet been able to reach tha Dunkirk area, and it la admitted that the position of these men Is becoming more and more difficult. Dunkirk from the cea. have been carrying out extensive bombardments from the air ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 556 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK knew- Dunkirk in peaceful days. When everything so quiet seemed. And people went their tranquil ways. Past cafes where I sat and dreamed. We spoke of evil times long past. When bombing 'planes came o'er at night. And mothers heard the drone aghast ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING

... DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING Staff Offerings to Honour the Brave C The staffs of City Offices, Works, and Factories are asked f°. or^, •' special whip-round collections at once for the Lord Liverpool's War Fund in thanksgiving for the return of the B.E.r- The ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 292 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DIED AT DUNKIRK

... DIED AT DUNKIRK When vessel sank during the Dunkirk evacuation one of those who lost his life was the purser. Mr. Albert Edward Corkish, a native of the Isle of Man. His widow apd two daughters live in Craigside-avenue. West Derby, Liverpool. Sapper Norman ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 65 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Rescuer

... Dunkirk Rescuer Married Our Bury Correspondent °n leave after his ship and he was wounded Chief Engine-room >, .Thomas Edwards, of , married in Glasgow Mary Edgar, whom working in the ShipyardswS 10 s now n s 40’s, was Mosquito, a gunboat which by bombers ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 139 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK

... BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK ♦ ALLIES HOLD 200 SQUARE MILES Paris, Friday. The Reichswehr attempted to besiege Dunkirk to-night as B.E.F. and French outposts fought the invaders to keep open a path for the retreating army of General Prioux. The French rearguard ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 410 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ROCHDALE AT DUNKIRK

... ROCHDALE AT DUNKIRK A Thrilling Story We have received the following letter telling an epic incident in which Rochdale men took part during the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk. To the Editor of the Rochdale Observer Sir, Eight Rochdale young men ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Rochdale Observer
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 932 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

INFERNO OF DUNKIRK

... INFERNO OF DUNKIRK Volunteer In Hail Of Bullets ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 8 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

KILLED AT DUNKIRK

... KILLED AT DUNKIRK Young Wife Hears Of Husband's Death A N Officer of the sth Battalion informed King 's Mrs. Pam Ar Own Royal Regim iste ment, has ad, of Warley Avenue. Torrisholme. that her husband. Seigt. Tom Armistead. hasp' 'been killed during the ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Morecambe Guardian
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A DUNKIRK SOLDIER

... A DUNKIRK SOLDIER GIVES EVIDENCE AT INQUEST ...

Published: Monday 17 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 7 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NOT QUITE TO DUNKIRK

... NOT QUITE TO DUNKIRK The Prime Minister said this scythe stroke almos- reached Dunkirk —but not quite. THE RIFLE BRIGADE. THE 60th RIFLES, AND THE QUEEN VICTORIAS RIFLES, WITH BATTALION OF BRITISH TANIfS AND 1,000 FRENCHMEN IN ALL 4,000 STRONG DEFENDED ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Operations at Dunkirk

... Operations at Dunkirk IT doth seem to me that the necessity for withdrawing our troops from Flanders and the entry of Italy into the war haat served to stiffen the resolve of the British people to prosecute the war with all the vigour and energy at our ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1148 | Page: 4 | Tags: none