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DUNKIRK HEROES HONOURED

... DUNKIRK HEROES HONOURED Commander Receives K.CB. The first list of honours to the Navy's heroes of Dunkirk is published in a supplement to the ' London Gazette.' Awards are made for good services in organising the withdrawal F.ngland, under fire and in ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK REARGUARD ESCAPES

... DUNKIRK REARGUARD ESCAPES FRENCH ADMIRAL LAST TO LEAVE Troops Embarked Under Machine-Gun Fire GERMAN LOSSES-BY GERMANY THE ALLIE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK WAS COMPLETED YESTERDAY A FEW HOURS BEFORE MR CHURCHILL TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT OVER 335,000 ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 970 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK DEFENDERS HONOURED

... DUNKIRK DEFENDERS HONOURED DMIRAL ABRIAL, Comx*■ mander of the French naval forces off Dunkirk, was a simple but moving ceremony in Paris yesterday decorated with th: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour by Admiral Darlan, Commander -in - Chief of the ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

STILL RESISTING AT DUNKIRK

... STILL RESISTING AT DUNKIRK Embarkation of Allied Troops Proceeding NAZIS KEEP UP* BOMBARDMENT TN THE REGION OF DUNKIRK ALLIED TROOPS ARE STILL RESISTING THE UNCEASING ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY WITH ADMIRABLE VIGOUR, DESPITE SEVERE ARTILLERY AND AIR BOMBARDMENT ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1326 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE MIRACLE AND AGONY OF DUNKIRK

... on Dunkirk. The Germans took no heed of the Red Cross, and by the light of the burning town German bombers ma-ehine-gunneu the men waiting on the beach. IN ENGLAND'S FAIR LAND The work of the Navy that night was prodigious. The story of Dunkirk seems ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 370 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EYE-WITNESS OF MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... EYE-WITNESS OF MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK A young French officer, M. Daninos. is to give an eye-witness account at towns in the West Country of how he watched the miracle of Dunkirk. He is a French liason officer, and was attached to British troops in France ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 118 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRISTOL PLEASURE BOATS' DUNKIRK FEAT

... BOATS' DUNKIRK FEAT How Brighton Queen Went Down Fighting The Brighton Queen and the Brighton Belle, two of Messrs P. and A. Campbell's pleasure steamers which have been reported lost, played a heroic part in the rescue of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk, the ioimer ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 196 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FORMER BRISTOL FOOTBALLER'S ORDEAL AT DUNKIRK

... FORMER BRISTOL FOOTBALLER'S ORDEAL AT DUNKIRK Incessant Attacks While Awaiting Embarkation Among the many thousands of the B.E.F. who have been sent to the West Country is Arthur Turner, the forme Bristol City full back, who by curiou. coincidence finds ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 304 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LONDON LONDON, Mo«d HTHE Allies are entitled A gratification at the brilliaO Pj. the evacuation from DunkirK W$ ..

... the brilliaO Pj. the evacuation from DunkirK W$ part of tha British Expedition* $ * J What people are not entitled t0 talk as the Allies had on ' fl S victory, a triumph it was four-fifths of the men who fell \* Dunkirk before the German p9 is to rob the ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 489 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

R.A.F. DRIVING NAZIS FROM THE SKY

... the beach. Carrying his parachute, he walked 15 miles to Dunkirk, got a lift home to Folkestone in paddle steamer, rejoined his squadron, and was out on patrol again the next day. Over the Dunkirk area yesterday aircraft of the Fighter Command have continued ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 506 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Evacuation of B.E.F. Goes On

... ferocity our positions around Dunkirk, where they encountered vigorous resistance and unceasing counter-attacks by our troops. The French Navy, like the British Navy, is co-operating under enemy fire in the defence of Dunkirk and successfully proceeded ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 602 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LAST FIGHT OF THE BRIGHTON QUEEN

... former Bristol pleasure steamer in the heroic evacuation from Dunkirk, was told to ' Western Da'ly Press and Bristol Mirror' representative Capt. W. F. Watson yesterday. On her first visit to Dunkirk Messrs P. and A. Camubell's well-known steamer found motor ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 603 | Page: 2 | Tags: none