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Dunkirk

... Dunkirk THE first list of honours to the Navy’s heroes of Dunkirk was published in a supplement to the “London Gazette’ last night- Awards are made for Good services in organising the withdrawal to England under Are and In the face of many and great ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 237 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AGROUND AT DUNKIRK

... AGROUND AT DUNKIRK many years, Nottingham people went down the River Trent to Colwick on a pleasure steamer named the Empress. Thousands of people knew her well, but she will not make any more pleasure cruises for she now lies aground on the beach at ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 376 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EPIC

... DUNKIRK EPIC SMALL band of junior officers working in a secret control room known as the “dynamo room” at a naval base on the south-east coast of England helped to direct the evacuation which saved more than 335,000 officers and men of the Allied forces ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 136 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk ’‘Like a Dream”

... Dunkirk ’‘Like a Dream” Magnificent ’’ was a Nottingham private's description of bow the Royal Navy behaved at Dunkirk. Pto. Lowe, of 1 Tennyson-street was evacuated from Dunkirk under heavy air bombing. His wife is a daughter of Sam Staples, the old ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 109 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Honours for Men Whose Daring Made Epic of Dunkirk Possible feats of daring by officers and men the B.E.F. during

... Honours for Men Whose Daring Made Epic of Dunkirk Possible feats of daring by officers and men the B.E.F. during the historic retreat from Flanders were disclosed yesterday in a further list of awards for gallantry made by Lord Gort Com* mander-in-Chief ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 162 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WEEK’S SHIPPING LOSSES

... were lost during ,tbe Dunkirk operations. Excluding Dunkirk the figures were: British (11 ships), 54,715 tons; Allied (four ships), 17,913 tons; neutral (three ships), 7,033 tons. Total (IS ships), 80.551 tons. Losses at Dunkirk must be regarded as tar ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 131 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

300,000 WALK PLANK

... Imagination for ship to go alongside. “The use of this pier was the inspiration of our fellows at Dunkirk. Captain Tennant who was in charge of operations at Dunkirk, and his band of men guided the men to the ships “Narrow mess-tables were put across, like planks ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 580 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

They Helped To Make History

... home up the Thames yesterday. It constated of mart than of the small pleasure craft which did such valiant work during the Dunkirk evaeua. tloo. Under London's famous bridges and past the Houses of Parliament the little Sect made its way to home moorings ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 182 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

orphan's cycle theft

... Pride in Dunkirk Tribute to the Dunkirk evacuation feat Is paid by the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. R G. Menzies. in a message to the British Government He states: “Every Australian has watched with pride the great feat of arms at Dunkirk. The amazing ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 258 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DEMOCRACY’S TEST

... m.r Sake of furniture their Byard-lane Auction Rooms. Nottingham. King Hears Dunkirk Stories The King yesterday beard more stories of the evacuation of the BET tram Dunkirk when he received in audience, at Buckingham Palace, Captain G. Tennant HJf, who ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 231 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DON’T BE ASHAMED TO GROVEL What to if you art caught In a dive-bombing attack as advlaad by a naval

... DON’T BE ASHAMED TO GROVEL What to if you art caught In a dive-bombing attack as advlaad by a naval officer who was at Dunkirk throughout the evacuation of the B ET. You should at onos. and without compunction, grovel in the dust It you are hit by a bomb ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 93 | Page: 4 | Tags: none