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MIRACLE AT DUNKIRK

... MIRACLE AT DUNKIRK Thanksgiving at Holy Trinity Evensong at Holy Trinity yesterday was kept as a thanksgiving service for the miracle of Dunkirk. The Vicar (the Rev. G. W. Clitheroe), after referring to the national day of prayer observed on May 26, when ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 243 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EVACUEE

... DUNKIRK EVACUEE MAY PLAY IN BIRMINGHAM’S LAST MATCH There is a possibility that Ray Devey, the Birmingham centre half-back, who was one of the men who left Dunkirk near the end of the great evacuation, will plav for his club against Walsall St. Andrew’s ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 138 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK GALLANTRY

... DUNKIRK GALLANTRY OFFICERS DECORATED BY THE KING The King to-day decorated officer heroes of the Dunkirk evacuation, during a 60- raile tour of a division of troops in the Southern Command. Three officers who received the D.S.O. were Lieut.-Colonel Desmond ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 295 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK SEQUEL

... DUNKIRK SEQUEL ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... DUNKIRK FIGHTING HOW ALLIES ARE HOLDING NAZIS ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 7 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK THRILLING FEATS

... DUNKIRK THRILLING FEATS Further awards to our heroes of the air were announced to-day. There is one D. 5.0., ten D.F.C.’s and 11 D.F.M.’s. A number of the awards are for heroism during the Dunkirk evacuation. Squadron Leader Philip Algernon Hunter (aged ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 920 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

LAST DAYS AT DUNKIRK

... LAST DAYS AT DUNKIRK Pictures of the last days of the siege of Dunkirk have just been released. This one shows British soldiers using their rifles against attacking enemy aircraft. Note the bomb explosions in the sea in the background. ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 40 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY AT DUNKIRK

... AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY AT DUNKIRK The King, during a visit yesterday to a British division, which had been evacuated from Dunkirk, decorated four officers who have been given awards for gallantry in France and Belgium. His Majesty made a sixtymile tour ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 605 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Generals Decorated

... Dunkirk Generals Decorated On the recommendation of General Weygand, General Blanchard, commander of the armies in the north-east, has been awarded the Grand Cross the Legion of Honour, and General Prioux, whose wise handling of the retreat upon Dunkirk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 244 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FROM DUNKIRK WRECK

... FROM DUNKIRK WRECK Details of the rescue of nine French soldiers by a British fast motor boat, some time aftec the withdrawal of Allied troops from Dunkirk, have become known. Fo nine days these survivors had existed on board a wreck sunk in shallow water ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 198 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EVACUATION GOES 0

... DUNKIRK EVACUATION GOES War-time Court Contrasts Germans Claim Capture of Port DESPITE continual attacks from the air and by long range artillery, troops are still embarking from Dunkirk in large numbers, and in perfect order. German infantry attacks ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 878 | Page: 8 | Tags: none