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CHEERED WAITING TROOPS AT DUNKIRK

... CHEERED WAITING TROOPS AT DUNKIRK Nearly £2OO was received for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool’s War Fund in a few hours on Thursday. A thanksgiving collection by the captain, officers, and men of the s.s. Stratford made £ll, ear-marked for the Liverpool ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

COMPENSATION FOR DUNKIRK LOSSES

... COMPENSATION FOR DUNKIRK LOSSES Sir Arthur Salter announced in the Commons, today, that civilian owners of small vessels lost in the evacuation from Dunkirk would receive compensation. Divorce From 'Nagging Wife’ A man whose wife was found by Mr. Justice ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 588 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TOOK COMMAND AT DUNKIRK

... TOOK COMMAND AT DUNKIRK The less senior officer ” to whom Lord Gort handed over command of the remaining troops at Dunkirk when he returned to England last Saturday was Major-General H. R. Alexander. General Alexander, who is 48, is one of the youngest ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1790 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK KEPT OPEN

... DUNKIRK KEPT OPEN. They have added another page to the glory of the Light Division, and the time gained enabled the Gravelines Water Line to be held by the French troops, and thus it was that the port of Dunkirk was kept open When it was found impossible ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 159 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Home from Dunkirk

... Home from Dunkirk Mr. W. B. Oillow. manager of Middlesbrough F.C.. formerly of Preston North End and well known locally, has received news that his Siyear-old son, George, who was serving with the 8.E.F.. Is home from Dunkirk, and in with severe shrapnel ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 46 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BACK FROM DUNKIRK

... BACK FROM DUNKIRK Safe back in England from the B.E.F. in Northern France is Private Neville Winterbottom, son Mr. Winterbottom, the clerk to the No. 11 Area Education Committee, aod Mrs. Winterbottom, of Mayville-road. In a letter home Neville, who had ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 595 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HOME FROM DUNKIRK

... HOME FROM DUNKIRK Several local lads are fepmuimg a few days Colne after their experiences Dunkirk. Pte. Ernest No well son ;of Mr., and Mrs.: N, Whit taker, Ta'bot-etreet, returned home during the week-end. Pte. Whittakejf states he saw plenty of civilians ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK ”

... NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK OFFICIAL communiques were issued to-day as follows : FRENCH TVURING the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region thanks to the resistance of our troops, and in spite of ceaseless difficulties cause by enemy ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 371 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SMALL SHIPS LOST AT DUNKIRK

... SMALL SHIPS LOST AT DUNKIRK OWNERS MAY CLAIM COMPENSAYIOI I . r of Commons, yesterday, ' F. Mugge (IL Chatham) a Minister ot Shipping whether it a -id to replace small ships civilians who were called on i .i the evacuation from Dunkirk , ere lost in the ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

In Time Of Emergency95 REFUSED TO GO TO DUNKIRK

... REFUSED TO GO TO DUNKIRK Lifeboat Cox Dismissed ‘CAN BE NO EXCUSE 9 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.F. from Dunkirk, have been dismissed ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 401 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CLITHEROE SOLDIERS IN DUNKIRK DRAMA

... beaches of Dunkirk. Other dramatic accounts of the evacuation have been given in letters, and below we give extracts from the narratives told. CALM TO STORM. HELL ON EARTH. QUIET DAYS IN FRANCE, TO AND FRO IN BELGIUM, CHATBURN MAN'S STORY OF DUNKIRK BEACH ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1366 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NEW LIGHT ON DUNKIRK EPIC

... NEW LIGHT ON DUNKIRK EPIC By Our Naval Correapondant AVAL officers who supervised ' the operations Dunkirk, to-day threw new light on this difficult achievement. The senior British naval officer was placed in charge the dtsembarkat ion by Admiral Abrial ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 8 | Tags: none