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DUNKIRK EVACUATION

... DUNKIRK EVACUATIO Chesterfield Sailor Describes Historic Scene How Enemy Attacks Failed Aboard one of the ships that took in the evacuation of the B.E.F. part from Dunkirk was ums ae a _— Able-seaman &. Whitham, 19-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Whitham ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 391 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ALLIES IN FEROCIOUS FIGHT AT DUNKIRK

... ALLIES IN FEROCIOUS FIGHT AT DUNKIRK losses enormous Effective defence v CONTINUES troops leave ' V es have continued uninterruptedly with the r ' their troops from Dunkirk, the fighting a ferocit unparalleled in the present camlng to reports reaching ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1387 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GERMANS BOMB AND SHELL DUNKIRK

... GERMANS BOMB AND SHELL DUNKIRK ALLIED AIRCRAFT SPOT IMPORTANT MOVES EVACUATION SPEED-UP British and French soldiers evacuated from Flanders reached British ports to-day and shared a single hope— that was to get back to the battle zone and have another ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1459 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DERBY MAN'S ORDEAL AT DUNKIRK

... DERBY MAN'S ORDEAL AT DUNKIRK MACHINE-GUNNED AND BOMBED ALL DAY OOMBED and machine-gunned while leaving Dunkirk Derby man serving with the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, as now in a north country hospital. He is Sergeant W. Brailsford, whose home address ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 340 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

M.P. AND MEN FROM DUNKIRK

... M.P. AND MEN FROM DUNKIRK . \ Sloan (Lab., Ayr and Bute) i* , fl ; k the Secretary for War next i whether he is aware that men the British Expeditionary Force who orrived in England from JJunkirk were & cunpliel with railway vouchers n their homes, that ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITAIN LOST 24,000 TONS MERCHANT SHIPPING AT DUNKIRK

... which tons was lost during the Dunkirk operations. Excluding Dunkirk, the figures were: British. ships, 54.71.} tons; Allied, four ships, 17,913 tons: neutral, three ships, tons; total, ships, 80..>51 tons. Losses at Dunkirk must be regarded far loss than ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN WHO REFUSED REQUEST TO GO TO DUNKIRK

... direct to Dunkirk, were instrumental in s&ving many soldiers. COXSWAIN S EXPLANATION Coxswain H. Griggs had been a member of the Hythe lifeboat crew for years. He was said at the time to have declared to an interviewer that he declined to to Dunkirk because ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

£633 19 0* BOMBARDED FOR FOUR HOURS

... @2633 19 O al FOR FOUR Stonebroom Sailor in Dunkirk A vivid story of the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk was told to a representative of The Derbyshire Times this week by Stoker Martin Gallon, a survivor of the des- troyer “Havant.” who Is a ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 159 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

By THZ PLAINDZALER

... By THZ PLAINDZALER 1 could nay column inan with news of Dunkirk whet,: I week ago; picked up truth and a score of dull looking official coital, which in spite of their se‘ctol like air, yet give glimpses present, that perennial human u st ,, which provides ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Ashbourne Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: | Words: 220 | Page: 2 | Tags: none