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ON DUNKIRK BEACHES

... ON DUNKIRK BEACHES he amazing scene in the closing stages of one of the greatest military achievements in history—the withdrawal of the B.E.F. and French troops from Dunkirk. Thousands of troops are seen lined up the beach at Dunkirk, where they were ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 71 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SAND DUNES NEAR DUNKIRK

... SAND DUNES NEAR DUNKIRK sand dunes near Dunkirk during last week’s evacuation. [Photo: Associated Press R.A.F. AWARDS FOR i * A photograph of two British soldiers holding an observation post on the ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 32 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

King Receives Dunkirk Hero Admiral Abrial, Hero of Dunkirk, was received in audience by the King Buckingham ..

... King Receives Dunkirk Hero Admiral Abrial, Hero of Dunkirk, was received in audience by the King Buckingham Palace fo-day. Admiral Abrial is fhc French Admiral who was in charge fhe embarkation of the B.E.F. and the French troops at Dunkirk, and he was ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 63 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Though plainly marked with the Red Cross, this hospital ship had to run the gauntlet of Nazi machinegunning ..

... Though plainly marked with the Red Cross, this hospital ship had to run the gauntlet of Nazi machinegunning planes as she left Dunkirk, which is seen blazing in the background. INDIAN ON TRIAL HUNGER STRIKE FOR 42 DAYS CAXTON HALL SHOOTING WAS “AN ACCIDENT” ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 533 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

wade h OUT TO SHIP

... wade OUT TO SHIP lT'Sh 'Emmies leaving Dun'l Two wrecked •»> seen ‘l Dunkirk Ni e background. Right: Cl '* a ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 35 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MILITARY FEAT WITHOUT PRECEDENT

... Receives Dunkirk Hero Admiral Abrial, hero of Dunkirk, was received in audience by the King, at Buckingham Palace, to-day. Admiral Abrial is the French admiral who was in charge of the embarkation of the B.E.F. and the French troops at Dunkirk, and he ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 289 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

french soldiers VED BY LIFEBOAT IN CHANNEL OUND DRIFTING

... Lowestoft they set lately for Dunkirk. One man lj. was requisitioned rang up to There is £3O worth old a champagne in the boat. boys have found it.” 1 'No Right To Be There” officer who organised the that there were scores of Dunkirk who had no right to a t ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 874 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SHOCK FOR MOTHER

... SON COMES HOME Only three-quarters of an hour before Private Francis Allan, of Tontine Street, Blackburn, reached home from Dunkirk yesterday, his mother received a telegram stating that he was missing. She collapsed the pavement. Neighbours brought her ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 94 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ADMIT 61,238 CASUALTIES Admiral Ahrial Was Last to Leave

... as Monday night the R.A.F. was still attacking the Germans round Dunkirk. The Air Ministry announced last night: Large forces of heavy bombers attacked enemy troops advancing to Dunkirk and enemy batteries shelling the port. One Scholar in Five for ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 675 | Page: 1 | Tags: none