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DUNKIRK NERO

... DUNKIRK NERO ! A member of younger generation has recently returned with (he Dunikirk heroes. One her nephews won I the M.C., his brother was chosen interpreter take U-boats over at the : Kiel Canal at the end the last war. Her own brother who, a Boer ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 553 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK POSITION “IMPROVED”

... DUNKIRK POSITION “IMPROVED” French Repulse Counter- Attack On Somme THE withdrawal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most favourable conditions, said the French military spokesman today. Already large units of ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1005 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WALLASEY HERO OF DUNKIRK

... WALLASEY HERO OF DUNKIRK Among the men who have come back from Dunkirk is Petty Officer Thomas Wilcocks, aged 33, 22, Birch-grove, Wallasey, who was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for shooting down two enemy ’planes with a Bren gun during the evacuation ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 177 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WIHHAL MEN AT DUNKIRK

... MEN AT DUNKIRK WALLASEY MAJORS TRIBUTE A tribute to the part played by Wallasey men in delaying the German advance on Dunkirk is given by Major J. P. Ashton, M.C.. a member Wallasey Town Council, in a letter to the town-clerk of Wallasey, Mr. Emrys Evans ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 174 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BIRKENHEAD HERO OF DUNKIRK

... BIRKENHEAD HERO OF DUNKIRK A young naval officer from Birkenhead, although mortally wounded o 2 Dunkirk by an enemy ’plane which was attacking his ship, continued firing at the enemy from the bridge until the ’plane was brought down. At his home port ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 127 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK PILOTS DECORATED

... DUNKIRK PILOTS DECORATED SQUADRON-LEADER PHILIP A. HUNTER, who led a formation which shot down 38 enemy planes in two patrols, was awarded the D.S.O. to-day. The award of 10 D F.C.s and 11 D.F.M.s —manv for heroism during the Dunkirk evacuation was also ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 629 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Air Mastery At Dunkirk

... Air Mastery At Dunkirk In France we were at a considerable disadvantage and lost many machines the ground in the aerodromes, but we were accustomed to inflict a loss of two to two and a half to one. In fighting over Dunkirk, which was sort of noman’s ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 196 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NAZIS CLAIM DUNKIRK

... NAZIS CLAIM DUNKIRK BERLIN REPORT 40,000 PRISONERS The following announcement was made by the Gorman High Command last night: The fortress of Dunkirk has been taken after fierce fighting. Forty thousand prisoners and booty which cannot yet be estimated ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 252 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LAST DUNKIRK ARRIVALS

... LAST DUNKIRK ARRIVALS Men Adrift In Small Boats ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 8 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Position Improved

... Dunkirk Position Improved Elaborating his survey of the operations, the French military spokesman said that the situation at Dunkirk had considerably improved yesterday and during the night. Not only had the general organisation and the defences been ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 235 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IN WRECK OFF DUNKIRK

... IN WRECK OFF DUNKIRK french soldiers saved AFTER NINE DAYS Details of the rescue of nine French soldiers by a British motor-boat off Dunkirk have become known. They had existed, since the evacuation on a wreck sunk in shallow water within a few miles ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 76 | Page: 8 | Tags: none