... Thomson was killed in action near Moeres in Flanders during the Dunkirk evacuation. He was a machine-gunner and a member of the rearguard action. He was killed less than six hours before the last troops from Flanders left Dunkirk shore. . He, with a small ...

... officer heroes of the Dunkirk evacuation, made a 50 miles tour of a Division in the Southern Command. Wherever he went he was impressed, he said, by ■ the excellent health and spirits of the troops after their other ordeal in Flanders (Continued in Next Column ...

... land, air and sea, and who also took part in the Dunkirk evacuation .and if so wil Ithe medal be presented to British, French and Belgian allied men. Percy Main Soldiers Safely Back From Flanders E. MILLER J. C. OSBORNE . • 'l4 J . Mk *wen J. W. SCARFY ...

... Argentina masses of printed propaganda prepared by the German Embassy in Buenos Aires. Evacuation Defied Air Blitzkrieg IT'ROM a military point of view the evacuation from Flanders —most difficult of all tasks—.has been carried out with great success against the ...

... now in hospital recovering from wounds received in Flanders. Sergeant Robson's parents live at 16, Lord Street. Newcastle. Hobson. Died in Hospital After being severely wounded in the battles in Flanders, Pte. Donald Stewart. of 21. Whitehall Road, Gateshead ...

... of a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture. His brother, OEptain S. T. Irwin. R.A.M.C., was also in Flanders and was evacuated. Their father is a Belfast surgeon. ...

... those who have been successfully evacuated. SOUTH BOLDON MAN MISSING Councillor and Hero of Last War The War Office has announced that Captain J. Gordon Durham, of South Boldon, is missing, believed killed, in Flanders. Captain Gordon Durham, whose home ...

... Fifth Columnists or parachuters, and 500 of them have already passed their medical tests. back from Flanders. A B.E.F, soldier gets rid of that Flanders Mud with the help of a comrade at a rest camp for troops ■P .j^n ...

... against a foe which studies these questions meticulously. SHIELDS MEN BACK FROM FLANDERS Many North Shields men are among the B.E.F. who have been successfully evacuated from Flanders. Members of the Northern Press who are reported safe in England are . Sergt ...

... applicable to the present day. This week alone duke, an earl, and a viscount have appeared in the British casualty lists from Flanders, proving once more that democracy stands for all of us. It also testifies the falsity of the one-time jibe that the rich ...

... SHIELDS MAN GETS M.C. AWARD Flanders Bravery Rewarded SECOND:LIEUT. A, W. Leinster, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. who has been awarded the MC.. is a North Shields man. On May 31 at Moeres there was a gap in the defensive position on the Lingefoot Canal ...

... Fighting with a steadiness never excelled in military history. Allied troops are continuing their grim rearguard action in Flanders. THOUSANDS British troops continued to arrive in England to-day, and Estimates of the number who have returned vary from ...