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SERGT. ALBERT SMITH

... residing in the country before the outbreak of war. We were fre quently shot at from the back areas. “When we arrived at Dunkirk it was being heavily shelled, and we made for the beach. There were thousands of troops waiting to leave, and others waded ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 503 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Guardsman’s Stirring Story of Gallantry BACK FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH BOMBED OUT OF TWO BOATS EAGER TO RETURN TO ..

... S!':lj_:l-l Hu:nl. -\'ll\'l'l'lll'ss, :Il'i\('ll home on a few hours’ leave. He took part in the magnificent retreat 1o Dunkirk, and told a **Shecrness Times and Guardian’ representative a graphic story of the hellish terrors of German air and land attacks ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 334 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HALFWAY CONSERYATIVE WHIST. Mrs. Pierson was M.C. at the whist

... short honeymoon in Perthshire took place during the few days’ leave granted to members of the B.E.F. after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Captain Cox is well known in the town, where he has many friends. WOMEN'S FELLOWSHIP, Mr. H. J. Cox again addressed the members ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Sheppey Evacuated Children are Happy and Well-cared for in Wales

... clean and had good beds To give you some idea of the kind of folk I met, while T was there a soldier boy returned howe from Dunkirk. The streets were lined with people and banners were fixed across the streets with the words, ‘Welcome home.’ “My experience ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Sheerness Times Guardian
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1417 | Page: 8 | Tags: none