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KEEPING CALM tie bad

... Special MONA*S QUEEN VICTIM Mr. Alexander Mills, pantryman, who lost his life when the Mona*s Queen was sunk during the Flanders evacuation, lived at 36 Fincham Road. Finch Lane, Liverpool. He was aged 38, was married, and had three children. He had been employed ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 378 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... * * * Flanders, 1940 I suggest that a special! medal he struck at once for issue to all our heroes who took part in the battles in Flanders and the evacuation. The colouring of the ribbon to be blood-red (Flanders poppies), bisected with bars of Air Force ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 320 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WHY HE TOOK THE CAR

... Lance-Corporal Clifford Edward Williams, aged 25, a Guardsman, whose home is in South Wales, is one of the B.E.F. evacuated from Flanders. In order to visit his wife and the baby he has never seen, he took away a doctor's car in order to get home. He drove ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 163 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

AIR MINISTRY (1 P.M.)

... AIR MINISTRY (1 P.M.) The Air Ministry announced this afternoon: Royal Air Force fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the North-East Coast of France Further reports show that during yesterday 56 enemy aircraft were destroyed ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 323 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NAZI SOMME ATTACK FAILS

... Paris statement on the Nazi attacks on the Somme is on Page 3. ALLIES ARE AS ONE IN FLANDERS was emphasised in London, to-day, that the withdrawal of the forces from Flanders is combined Allied operation during which the British and French are working in ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 846 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

200 SPIES SHOT

... 200 SPIES SHOT There came endless stories of the Fifth Column menace when the men from Flanders arrived. One Birkenhead private told of 200 spies being shot in Dunkirk in one day alone. Another spy, who was seen by soldiers signalling directions with ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 466 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Allied Troops Still Embarking As Nazis Renew Their Attacks DEFENDERS REMAIN CALM IN FACE OF SAVAGE ONSLAUGHT

... entire B.E.F. has been safely evacuated, R.A.F.’S RAVAGES IN GERMAN RANKS The German land, sea, and air forces have renewed their savage onslaught on the Allied fortress Dunkirk, making completion of the troop evacuation increasingly difficult/' the French ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 563 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Echoes and Gossip of the Day

... members of the B.E.F. evacuated from Dunkirk to the North one of the men, a private, asked our reporter to produce evidence of his bona fides, remarking, “You never now in these days of Fifth Columnists.” He evidently had had some in Flanders! * * * Penelope ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 641 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LATEST FRONT REPORTS

... military spokesman stated to-day that, as already indicated in the London announcement, the first units of Allied troops evacuated from Flanders were in position along the Somme-Aisne front before the German attack started. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1088 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Echoes and Gossip of the Day

... all to your credit. John. —Oh, no. It’s lack of credit.' Getting A Brave Army Home (CORRESPONDENTS who are watching the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force state that the majority of this force will be saved. An amazing rearguard battle is being ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1141 | Page: 2 | Tags: none