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LIFE-BOAT COXSWAIN DISMISSED

... the circnmstances an which the crew ol the Hythe life-boat, when requested by the Naval Authorities ¢ Dover to proceed 1o Dunkirk to assist the cvacuation of the 8.E.F., declined take their boat across the Channel It was decided that this was w to the ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SERGT. ALBERT SMITH

... residing in the country before the outbreak of war. We were fre quently shot at from the back areas. “When we arrived at Dunkirk it was being heavily shelled, and we made for the beach. There were thousands of troops waiting to leave, and others waded ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 503 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

“SINGULARLY APPROPRIATE PRAYER

... Thanksgivings in the Prayer Book, is singularly appropriate, following the success attending the evacuation of the troops from Dunkirk, as the Archbishop of Canterbury points out. * The Rev. F. J. Lambert, 8.D., will read it at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERANIUM DAY

... departed from our usual practice of ignoring anonymous contributions : To the brave men who lost their lives in the Rescue of Dunkirk. “When the Redeemer takes the Book of Life and writes against their names, He will not write of how they lost or won, but ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 225 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

AN OLD SWEAT'S YERSION

... as the Germans we could win within thzee months.’ The soldier described how he, with others, walked across the sands at Dunkirk and managed to scramble on a boat. While making his escape he was blown vards by a bomb. The beach, he said, was under a ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HALFWAY WOMEN CONSERVATIVES

... and light refreshments were handed round by the Tea Committee. The meeting was brought to a close in the usual manner. A DUNKIRK HERO. B Captain T. G. Aldis, who is well known locally, especially as a captain of the pleasure steamers owned by the New ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 690 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Guardsman’s Stirring Story of Gallantry BACK FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH BOMBED OUT OF TWO BOATS EAGER TO RETURN TO ..

... S!':lj_:l-l Hu:nl. -\'ll\'l'l'lll'ss, :Il'i\('ll home on a few hours’ leave. He took part in the magnificent retreat 1o Dunkirk, and told a **Shecrness Times and Guardian’ representative a graphic story of the hellish terrors of German air and land attacks ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 334 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HALFWAY CONSERYATIVE WHIST. Mrs. Pierson was M.C. at the whist

... short honeymoon in Perthshire took place during the few days’ leave granted to members of the B.E.F. after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Captain Cox is well known in the town, where he has many friends. WOMEN'S FELLOWSHIP, Mr. H. J. Cox again addressed the members ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HEADMASTER'S IMPRESSIONS

... Photo.] [*Sheerness Times and Guardian.™ The R.T.O. and his staff responsible for the entraining of troops evacuated from Dunkirk, when they arrived at a South-East Coast port. With the R.T.O. and his staff are several of the many willing voluntary helpers ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 678 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Sheppey Evacuated Children are Happy and Well-cared for in Wales

... clean and had good beds To give you some idea of the kind of folk I met, while T was there a soldier boy returned howe from Dunkirk. The streets were lined with people and banners were fixed across the streets with the words, ‘Welcome home.’ “My experience ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1417 | Page: 8 | Tags: none