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Y.M.C.A’t LOSSES IN FLANDERS

... Y.M.C.A’t LOSSES IN FLANDERS. It learned from the headquarters of the Y.M.C.A. in London that the organisation's losses in that part Belgium and Northern France mow occupied German forces include thirteen canteens, six other motor vehicles, lorries, cars ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 93 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

B.E.F. in the Warwicks give three cheers on arriving at Pool Meadow for in the epic battle of Flanders. They ..

... B.E.F. in the Warwicks give three cheers arriving at Pool Meadow for in the epic battle of Flanders. They were brought to Coventry from a ’buses chartered by “The Midland Daily Telegraph Parcels Fund. Mr. Cocks, M.P., —Wants to Know ]V|R. F. S. COCKS ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 128 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CHILD EVACUEES IN STAFFORDSHIRE Prompt and Efficient Organization During the past week between 8.000 and 9,000 ..

... CHILD EVACUEES IN STAFFORDSHIRE Prompt and Efficient Organization During the past week between 8.000 and 9,000 children evacuated irom towns on the south-east coast have been settling down in temporary homes provided tor them in Startordshire The evacuees ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1515 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SURPLUS MEAT

... Austin, which accounted for the difference in their fines. LOCAL B.E.F. MEN Safely Evacuated From Flanders Further names of North Staffordshire soldiers evacuated from Flanders are: SURSLIPA.—Trooper L Shelley. 66, Li% erpool- road ; Sapper H. Hopwood. 21 ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 185 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PRISONER OF WAR

... received a letter from him stating that tie is a prisoner and a quite Well. BACK FROM FLANDERS Here are the names of more North Staffordshire men safely evacuated from Flanders:— TUNSTALL Private G Harrison. The Croft. Greenbank-road BURSLEM Private A. Boots ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 173 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

RAHWAY COMPANIES’ GOOD WORK

... RAHWAY COMPANIES’ GOOD WORK The work of the railway companies during the evacuation of the British Ex|ieditiouary Force from Flanders won the admiration and thanks of the whole country. The Southern Railway boro the main burden, but credit is also due ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 154 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

IN HOSPITAL

... who was evacuated from Dunkirk. is now in a miiitary hospital suffering from shock. Also in hospital is Private D. Yoxal!, Prince Albert-street. Crewe. He was wounded while heaping in tile evacuation of civilians from Brussels. BACK FROM FLANDERS Further ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 422 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BIRMINGHAM STORY

... BIRMINGHAM STORY A 66-year-old widowed mother of Erdington, -who has been prostrate since the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Northern France because she had received no news of her 27-year-old son, was overjoyed at their re-union in Birmingham this afternoon ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 311 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BRITAIN MUST BE THERE

... British divisions at lightning speed. There is no secret that the B.E.F. lost practically the whole of its equipment in the evacuation from Dunkirk, and that the seasoned troops who were rescued from that magnificent retreat cannot be reformed and re-equipped ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 248 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WARWICKS’ GALLANTRY

... TELEGRAPH CHIEF REPORTER fl/TORE glowing stories of the part played by the Royal WarwicklYA shire Regiment in the Battle of Flanders are now coming to light. A battalion, which includes many men from the Coventry district, covered itself with glory in the ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 417 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

PRISONERS OF WAR

... a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture. His brother, Captain S. T. Irwin, R.A.M.C., was also in Flanders, and was evacuated. Their father is a Belfast surgeon. ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 203 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

eagl “ Proved Profiteering ” Denied

... Free Travel Warrants for Flanders Men Mr. Eden (Secretary for War), replying to Mr. Goldie (U.—Warrington), said instructions had been issued that free travelling warrants should be granted for the leave given to men evacuated from ports north of the Somme ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 265 | Page: 3 | Tags: none