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Mr. G. E. Frost Miss D. G. Service

... Mr. G. E. Frost Miss D. G. Service Mr. George Ebenezer Frog, organist at Dunkirk Parish Church, was married at Faversham Parish Church last Saturday. his bride being Miss Dorothy Grace Service. The bridegroom is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. M. ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Faversham News
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HIGH BROOMS MAN MISSING

... wee left behind In a dug-out. The only road he knew was that Dunkirk, so, finding a lorry, set out for the coast with three or four other men. When they reached Bergues, about ten from Dunkirk, they Joined up with the Royal Engineers one of the forts. While ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Kent & Sussex Courier
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 364 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FRIDAY, 14th JUNE, 1940

... FRIDAY, 14th JUNE, 1940 ESCAPED FROM DUNKIRK DROWNED IN DERBYSHIRE A 21-year-old Ramsgate man, who was safaly evacuated fram Dunkirk, has mat death in Derbyshire. He was L/Bdr. Charles Sidney Pointer, only son of Mrs. Gillett ami the late Mr. E. H. Pointer ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 254 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WOMEN THANKED

... roared overhead all the time they were there and fires outlined the remaining buildings of Dunkirk against the night sky. Another member of the crew said saw Dunkirk Hospital bombed. was like something from a horror film,” he said. Many Margate rowing boats ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 569 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HOW CALM SEA HELPED

... HOW CALM SEA HELPED The miracle the Dunkirk withdrawal—for it was less than miracle in its completeness—wag something for which, week previously, haruly one student of war this country had dared to hope, writes H. C. Ferraby, naval correspondent, in the ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... NOT COME BACK Trawler Crews Answer the Call Tlu* few vessels of the trawler Meet remaining at the port played gallant part Dunkirk. Local fishermen, true to their traditions, again braved the risk of being blown out existence and for 24 hours they took ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 417 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

off. but it was only gained at the expense of casualties our craft. The Germans mounted heavy batteries ..

... y fine ship handling and the amazing endurance the men engaged. Many of the 6ma craft which disappeared into the haze of Dunkirk will largely go unthanked because do not really know who they were. One of the best jobs done,” added Vice Admiral Ramsay ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DROWNED

... 19 year old eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. Penn. of 89. Prostedge A‘enne. Ramsgate. was drowned while helping the troops aboard at Dunkirk. His brother John. a stoker in the Navy. was washed overboard and drowned in February. ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 52 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Roller Skating

... Roller Skating. When Dunkirk was being evacuated, Roller Skating continued in Dover. Men landed from the gates hell might have been fed in the Granville Gardens Pavilion. No! Our amusements must continue, and employ people who could be used for war work ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 42 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PADDOCK WOOD

... Tonhridge. ha- sent us the following account of what happened to his son at Dunkirk:— A Tonbridge man. T. W. Foster, A. 8.. was sent out in a naval landing battalion at Dunkirk, and subsequently separated from the rest of his comrades when a pier was hit ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Tonbridge Free Press
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ANXIOUS TO HAVE NEWS OF SON

... Colin Yarrow, R. West Kent Regt., after mid-day on Tuesday, May 28, when he was seen by brother officers about 27 miles from Dunkirk. ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Kent & Sussex Courier
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 52 | Page: 2 | Tags: none