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Souvenirs of Dunkirk

... Souvenirs of Dunkirk Souvenirs of the withdrawal from Dunkirk take many forms, and perhaps the best exist only in the minds of those who saw incidents, sublime or humorous, that will remain as memories throughout life. Of the more tangible souvenirs, ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

COMMUNIQUE ON DUNKIRK

... COMMUNIQUE ON DUNKIRK Last night's French war communique Sl^, The _ embarkation of Allied troops from Dunkirk was completed to-day in co„Torm y with the pre-arranged plan. Until the last moment, first in the suburbs and then in the town itself, from ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EPIC

... DUNKIRK EPIC SMALL band of junior officers working in a secret control room known as the “dynamo room” at a naval base on the south-east coast of England helped to direct the evacuation which saved more than 335,000 officers and men of the Allied forces ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 136 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

OF DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... men whose self-sacrifice has turned disaster into triumph. CLALM TO HAVE ENTERED DUNKIRK BEBErN, Tuesday. To-day’s official German communique says:— “The fighting for Dunkirk is nearing its end. Our troops penetrated into the and took the Louis fort from ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 821 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Last DUNKIRK

... Last DUNKIRK AS long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk ' will be spoken with reverence. In that harbour, such a hell as never blazed on earth before, at the end of a lost battle. the rags and blemishes that had hidden the soul of democracy ...

Published: Sunday 02 June 1940
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 987 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK'S GOVERNOR

... DUNKIRK'S GOVERNOR General Weygand has cited in Armv Orders Admiral Abrial, who was the French Naval Commander at Dunkirkand Admiral Platon. ' The latter, appointed Governor of Dunkirk in tragic circumstances, magnificently assured the defence of the ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

KILLED AT DUNKIRK

... KILLED AT DUNKIRK Former Cheltenham College Athlete Among- the officers killed in action near Dunkirk, and whose death announced to-day, was Lieut. Edwin Wil- Sam Lovegrove, of the Sherwood F °T?pnt r Lovegrove, who was 32 years of was the son of Mr. ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Record

... Dunkirk Record Mr. Attlee said that a record was being kept of all those regularly assisting in the evacuation at Dunkirk. It was not possible to keep a complete record of the many who gallantly gave their services. He would bear in mind the high praise ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 52 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK HEROES

... DUNKIRK HEROES THE QUEEN TALKS TO When the Queen informally visited the Overseas Club, London, yesterday, a number of New Zealand and Canadian airmen, Newfoundland troops, South African sailors, and nurses from overseas, including some Australian nurses ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... DUNKIRK FIGHTING HOW ALL IKS ARK HOLDING OUT NAZI ATTACKS BY SKA AND AIR ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 14 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Commemorating Dunkirk

... Commemorating Dunkirk rPHE authorities are considering the issue of a special badge or medal to those soldiers who were present the evacuation of Dunkirk, Presumably it the occasion wns commemorated with medal it would enable soldiers to wear the appropriate ...

Published: Monday 24 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 312 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CIVILIANS AT DUNKIRK

... CIVILIANS AT DUNKIRK. When the question of pension or compensation arises it is proposed to deal with the cases of civilians who were killed or wounded in evacuating the B.E.P. from Dunkirk as if they were naval auxiliary personnel. All the volunteers ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 93 | Page: 7 | Tags: none