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GLOW FROM OIL TANKS Epic of Dunkirk Recalled

... Epic of Dunkirk Recalled ( i gTILL echoes of the glorious epic of Dunkirk linger immediately In the memory, and Pte. W. Wright, of Oakland-avenue. Long Latun, who has been home on leave, had a brief but graphic story to relate. - We reached Dunkirk by a ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Stapleford & Sandiacre News
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 184 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GERMANS' LAND FORCES :EATEN BY DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK 7-

... GERMANS' LAND FORCES :EATEN BY DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK 7- Furious fail to ON all the beaches in the Dunkirk area , under the protection of the Allied Navies and Air Forces, the work of embarking the last heroic defenders who have covered the evacuation of ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 254 | Page: 1 | 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

BOSTON MEN IN HOSPITAL Wounded in Dunkirk Action

... BOSTON MEN IN HOSPITAL Wounded in Dunkirk Action ■PRIVATE WILLIAM TWIDDY, son A Mr. and Mrs. W. Twtddy, of Locomotive Street, who has been serving with the 8.E.F., has returned to England. His parents os Monday received telegram from him stating that ...

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

GIRL PAMELA CREW SAFE _ Marvellous Work in Dunkirk Rescue

... GIRL PAMELA CREW SAFE _ Marvellous Work in Dunkirk Rescue Rotarians cheered heartily when their President H. St. J. Patent announced at the Club luncheon, at the Angel Hotel on Tuesday that the crew of H.M.S. Girl Pamela had been saved. I The Girl Pamela ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Peterborough Standard
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: | Words: 399 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

330,000 Men of Allied Armies Safely Ferried From Dunkirk

... 330,000 Men of Allied Armies Safely Ferried From Dunkirk I, \ of the defenders of Dunkirk, tb* heroic rearguard that held the (jermbns at bay while-the main the trip the German* had set for 'hem, hate now re:uhe ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 358 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LATE NEWS Phone,: LEICESTER 20411, FEROCIOUS NEW ATTACK ON DUNKIRK

... LATE NEWS Phone,: LEICESTER FEROCIOUS NEW ATTACK ON DUNKIRK While the Allies have Continued uninterruptedly with the withdrawal of their troops from Dunkirk, the fighting there has reached a ferocity unparalleled in the present campaian, according to ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Nazis Make Ferocious, But Vain Attacks on Dunkirk: Evacuation Goes On

... Nazis Make Ferocious, But Vain Attacks on Dunkirk: Evacuation Goes On GERMAN attacks arc continuing, but in vain, against the fortified area of Dunkirk. In spite of artillery and air bombardment, the embarkation of the troops is still going on. Across ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 834 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MARKET HARBOROUGH Sergeant Who Lost Two Stones At Dunkirk

... MARKET HARBOROUGH Sergeant Who Lost Two Stones At Dunkirk MR. 1. DACE, the well-known Harborough sportsman, resposible for the idea that the fair and amusements on the Old Brewery site should be thrown open on Monday night He sold tickets and the effort ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 210 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

MORE NEWS OF ESTERS HIRE MEN Guardsman One Of Last To Leave Dunkirk

... MORE NEWS OF ESTERS HIRE MEN Guardsman One Of Last To Leave Dunkirk AN Earl Shilton man, Guardsman W. Grewcock, of Tower-road, has returned to England after being in the thick of the fighting in Flanders. Guardsman Grewcock, who has served with The Grenadier ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 229 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MELTON MEN IN DUNKIRK ACTION Returned Soldier’s Story Of Departure

... MELTON MEN IN DUNKIRK ACTION Returned Soldier’s Story Of Departure NIANY MEN FROM MELTON MOWBRAY AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE OPERA. TIONS AT DUNKIRK, THE STORY OF WHICH IS NOW WELLKNOWN, HAVE RETURNED SAFELY TO ENGLAND. It ...