... 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 ...

... DUNKIRK POSITION “IMPROVED” French Repulse Counter- Attack On Somme THE withdrawal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most favourable conditions, said the French military spokesman today. Already large units of ...

... WALLASEY HERO OF DUNKIRK Among the men who have come back from Dunkirk is Petty Officer Thomas Wilcocks, aged 33, 22, Birch-grove, Wallasey, who was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for shooting down two enemy ’planes with a Bren gun during the evacuation ...

... BIRKENHEAD HERO OF DUNKIRK A young naval officer from Birkenhead, although mortally wounded o 2 Dunkirk by an enemy ’plane which was attacking his ship, continued firing at the enemy from the bridge until the ’plane was brought down. At his home port ...

... Dunkirk Position Improved Elaborating his survey of the operations, the French military spokesman said that the situation at Dunkirk had considerably improved yesterday and during the night. Not only had the general organisation and the defences been ...

... COMPENSATION FOR DUNKIRK LOSSES Sir Arthur Salter announced in the Commons, today, that civilian owners of small vessels lost in the evacuation from Dunkirk would receive compensation. Divorce From 'Nagging Wife’ A man whose wife was found by Mr. Justice ...

... TOOK COMMAND AT DUNKIRK The less senior officer ” to whom Lord Gort handed over command of the remaining troops at Dunkirk when he returned to England last Saturday was Major-General H. R. Alexander. General Alexander, who is 48, is one of the youngest ...

... DUNKIRK KEPT OPEN. They have added another page to the glory of the Light Division, and the time gained enabled the Gravelines Water Line to be held by the French troops, and thus it was that the port of Dunkirk was kept open When it was found impossible ...

... CYCLE RIDE ROUND DUNKIRK The commander of a British destroyer who was at Dunkirk went into the town, found a bicycle, and rode as far round the town as he could, although it was under fire, stated troops arriving at a South East coast port. The commander ...

... DUNKIRK: U.S. TRIBUTE As long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence, writes the New York Times in a leading article today (quoted by the 8.U.P.). In that harbour was such a hell as never blazed on earth before ...

... have renewed their savage onslaught on the Allied “fortress Dunkirk, making completion of the troop evacuation “increasingly difficult.” Magnificent Discipline On all the beacnes in the Dunkirk area under the protection of the Allied navies and air forces ...

... LUES FACE NEW NAZI ATTACKS ON DUNKIRK Ammersfori Ap J J ALIEN DEFIED BAN, SAY POLICE » Michael Braslavsky, aged 35, tail r, Cawdor-street, Liverpool, was accused the Liverpool police court, today, of having stolen a gold cigarette case worth £3O from ...