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DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK The coxswain: and; motor mechanic of the ' Hythe lifeboat, who did not obey a request by the naval authorities at Dover to assist in the evacuation of the B.E.Q. from Dunkirk. have been dismissed from,. :the .Lifeboat Service. A report issued ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 287 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK Official notification has been received Councillor R. B. Colbourne, of Warwick, that his son, Capt. Jack Herbert Colbourne, R.E.. was killed during the evacuation of the troops from Dunkirk, Capt. Colbourne was engineer by profession. In September ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 61 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AT DUNKIRK

... AT DUNKIRK The excellent work accomplished by the Salvation Army in this direction is indicated by the fact that at Dunkirk their canteens gave away 80,000 cups of tea and coffee, in addition to thousands of pies, cakes, and sandwiches, in four days. ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 317 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

In the Dunkirk Area

... the Dunkirk Area The Trench military spokesman announced to-day that in the Dunkirk area the embarkation troops was still being actively carried out at normal speed despite new difficulties. During the past twenty-four hours the enemy has brought up heavy ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 287 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... THE MIRACLE DUNKIRK Holy Trinity Church. Coventry, Evcn- Bono was kept aa a special act of thaiiksoiviny for the evacuation of the men of the fiJvC. The Viear (the Tov. (I. W. Clitheroe), preaching from the Psalm, referred the National Day Intercession ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 271 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

In Dunkirk Harbour

... In Dunkirk Harbour The initiative and enterprise by which hundreds of thousands of men were taken from the open beaches near Dunkirk in every conceivable kind of small craft has appealed to public imagination. That astonishing side of the great evacuation ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 220 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WOUNDED AT DUNKIRK

... WOUNDED AT DUNKIRK Mrs. Jones told a Midland Daily Telegraph representative that her husband, who is 33, served 12 years in the Navy and was recalled from the Reserve when the war began. One of his brothers is a bandsman and has been serving in India ...

Published: Monday 24 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 270 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

t OF DUNKIRK

... OF DUNKIRK French military spokesman declared to-day that the anal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk king place in more favourable conditions. lilay's , ,nwial French communique says:- sea and in the air, the French and British Cam ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 279 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AFTER DUNKIRK

... AFTER DUNKIRK The achievement the 8.8. F. fighting it* way back. 10 Ihmkirk and the heroism of all who assisted in its evacuation have not only added a glorious chapter to our history, writes the Bishop in the Coventry Diocesan Cazettu, they have struck ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 175 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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

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

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