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SOLDIER DID NOT FORGET MOTHER: JUST FLANDERS RECEIVED GIFT \ BIRTHDAY present sent off by her soldier son in ..

... SOLDIER DID NOT FORGET MOTHER: JUST FLANDERS RECEIVED GIFT \ BIRTHDAY present sent off by her soldier son in Flanders before the evacuation from Dunkirk has just been received by Mrs. A. Qreig, of Bonnygate, Coupar Angus. Fifeshire. The parcel, battered ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 456 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

“ We Shall Succeed ”

... whether the Canadians would continue as home defence troops England or join the B.E.F. in France. In a reference to the Flanders evacuation. Mr. Mackenzie King said the combined actions of the Allied armies, navies and air forces brought greater cause for ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 510 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE EVACUATION

... THE EVACUATION “GREATEST PART OF TROOPS EMBARKED” Paris, June 2 To-night’s official French war communique states:— Since the order was given to them to fall back Dunkirk, French and British troops engaged on three fronts in the region from St. Omer to ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1348 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE FLANDERS WITHDRAWAL PREMIERS REVIEW OF A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OVER 335,000 MEN SAVED BUT “WARS NOT WON BY ..

... THE FLANDERS WITHDRAWAL PREMIERS REVIEW OF A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OVER 335,000 MEN SAVED BUT “WARS NOT WON BY EVACUATIONS Cheers greeted the Prime Minister when he rose in the House of Commons yesterday to make his war statement. said; Ftom the moment the ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 277 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CEN. 7482. EVACUATION PRAISED

... CEN. 7482. EVACUATION PRAISED “THE ALLIES HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT” New York, Thursday High praise for the Allies’ achievements in evacuating such a large part of the armed forces believed to be trapped in Flanders is contained in the U.S. press. Like ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 269 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

5,000 BACK FROM FLANDERS

... 5,000 BACK FROM FLANDERS °OO FOUGHT TO THE . DEATH IN CALAIS ßemier re vealed the house of commons that in the epic withdrawal from u THE NAVY HAD EVACUATED OVER 335,000 AND BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM DUNKIRK. *hp • \ u^° ic defence of Calais only 30 wounded ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 664 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FOUR OAKS FLANDERS HERO WEDS

... FOUR OAKS FLANDERS HERO WEDS WARWICKSHIRE hero of the fighting in Flanders brought to England wounded in the Dunkirk evacuation, was married in London to-day. He is 2nd-Lieut. D. F. W. Hanmer, of the Royal Warwickshires, only son of the late Frank Hanmer ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 450 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HAVE BEEN EVACUATED ALLIES DETERMINED TO FIGHT

... CRAFT OF ALL KINDS WENT TO AND FRO ACROSS THE CHANNEL. According to a French estimate more than 100,000 men have been evacuated from Flanders, while other unofficial reports suggest that the majority of the B.E.F. have now been taken off. On the other hand ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 583 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Mercury June WINGS OVER THE NAVY-Pages 4 and i ir“ £ I: 9 AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT APPEARS PAGE SIX

... the evacuation of the greater part of BJEF from the German trap in Flanders is due arrived in London yesterday having on the Government’s orders handed over to less senior officer the command of the remainder of the British forces not yet evacuated A dramatic ...

Published: Sunday 02 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1348 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN EXPLANATION

... GERMAN EXPLANATION OF B.E.F. ESCAPE EVACUATION FACILITATED BY DENSE FOG COVER FOR “HEADLONG FLIGHT Berlin, May 31 Weather conditions over the Channel are hampering the operations of German aircraft against the evacuation of the 8.E.F., according to the official ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 373 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, DUNKIRK DEFENDERS MEN STILL EMBARKING FROM BEACHES

... THE AL LI ED NAVI ES AND Al R FORCES, THE WORK OF EMBARKING THE HEROIC DEFENDERS WHO HAVE COVERED THE EVACUATION OF THE NORTHERN ARMIES FROM FLANDERS IS GOING STEADILY FORWARD IN SPITE OF AERIAL BOMBING AND BOMBARDMENT BY GERMAN LONG-RANGE GUNS. THE TROOPS ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 504 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENCH REARGUARD TROOPS FIGHT

... long,” and Look out, Hitler. We haven’t started on you yet.” HOW THE BOYS CAME HOME - Weary jrom their days in the hell of Flanders these lads of the B.E.F. have come home, cheerful and in good heart. These • itMf*’ pictures give some idea of the welcome ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 142 | Page: 1 | Tags: none