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DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK knew- Dunkirk in peaceful days. When everything so quiet seemed. And people went their tranquil ways. Past cafes where I sat and dreamed. We spoke of evil times long past. When bombing 'planes came o'er at night. And mothers heard the drone aghast ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING

... DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING Staff Offerings to Honour the Brave C The staffs of City Offices, Works, and Factories are asked f°. or^, •' special whip-round collections at once for the Lord Liverpool's War Fund in thanksgiving for the return of the B.E.r- The ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 292 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Rescuer

... Dunkirk Rescuer Married Our Bury Correspondent °n leave after his ship and he was wounded Chief Engine-room >, .Thomas Edwards, of , married in Glasgow Mary Edgar, whom working in the ShipyardswS 10 s now n s 40’s, was Mosquito, a gunboat which by bombers ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 139 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Operations at Dunkirk

... Operations at Dunkirk IT doth seem to me that the necessity for withdrawing our troops from Flanders and the entry of Italy into the war haat served to stiffen the resolve of the British people to prosecute the war with all the vigour and energy at our ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1148 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WALLASEY HERO OF DUNKIRK

... WALLASEY HERO OF DUNKIRK Among the men who have come back from Dunkirk is Petty Officer Thomas Wilcocks, aged 33, 22, Birch-grove, Wallasey, who was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for shooting down two enemy ’planes with a Bren gun during the evacuation ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 177 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BIRKENHEAD HERO OF DUNKIRK

... BIRKENHEAD HERO OF DUNKIRK A young naval officer from Birkenhead, although mortally wounded o 2 Dunkirk by an enemy ’plane which was attacking his ship, continued firing at the enemy from the bridge until the ’plane was brought down. At his home port ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 127 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK PILOTS DECORATED

... DUNKIRK PILOTS DECORATED SQUADRON-LEADER PHILIP A. HUNTER, who led a formation which shot down 38 enemy planes in two patrols, was awarded the D.S.O. to-day. The award of 10 D F.C.s and 11 D.F.M.s —manv for heroism during the Dunkirk evacuation was also ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 629 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CHEERED WAITING TROOPS AT DUNKIRK

... CHEERED WAITING TROOPS AT DUNKIRK Nearly £2OO was received for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool’s War Fund in a few hours on Thursday. A thanksgiving collection by the captain, officers, and men of the s.s. Stratford made £ll, ear-marked for the Liverpool ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EVACUATION COMPLETE. 335.000 MEN BROUGHT TO ENGLAND

... DUNKIRK EVACUATION COMPLETE. 335.000 MEN BROUGHT TO ENGLAND. PRIME MINISTER’S GRAVE SPEECH. The Battle of the Ports has ended. Communiques issued in London and Paris on Tuesday week announced that the last Allied forces defending Dunkirk were reembarked ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Ormskirk Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 759 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

The Epic of Dunkirk | TR – SAPPER HALL KILLED IN EVACUTION,

... The Epic of Dunkirk | TR - SAPPER HALL KILLED IN EVACUTION, sapper Frederick Leslie Hall, who formerly resided m the distriet, wae killed by a bomb whila assisting in the erection of bridges used for the purpose of helping in the c¢vacuation of the troops ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Newton and Earlestown Guardian
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 340 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE NEXT PHASE Is Blockade of Britain Possible?—The Dunkirk Withdrawal BY OUR NAVAL

... THE NEXT PHASE Is Blockade of Britain Possible?—The Dunkirk Withdrawal BY OUR NAVAL AS I suggested last week might be the case. Hitler has decided to attempt to overcome France before, making the much-heralded attack on this country. A ittr a little wishful' ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING Staff Offerings to Honour the Brave •T The staffs of City Offices, Works, and Factories ..

... DUNKIRK THANKSGIVING Staff Offerings to Honour the Brave •T The staffs of City Offices, Works, and Factories are asked to organise special whip-round collections at once for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool s War Fund in thanksgiving for the return of the ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 184 | Page: 1 | Tags: none