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AT DUNKIRK IS TRACED

... the streets of Dunkirk during the' evacuation was a kitbag belonging to a British officer, a captain in the R.A.O.C. Like many others, he was forced to drop his pack in the race to safety. Mr. A. J. Lusty, manager or an hotel at Dunkirk and one of the ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 4529 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK. God's hand was in the deliverance at Dunkirk. Why at a time when we chiefly expected ruffled waters and storms was the sea so calm day after day and night after night that even small river boats crossed the Channel and brought back ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Bromley & West Kent Mercury
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

READ OF THE TRUMPETER OF DUNKIRK

... READ OF THE TRUMPETER OF DUNKIRK REMEMBER that picture in the Sunday Pictorial a fortnight ago of the soldier blowing his trumpet after the retreat from Dunkirk ? Well, here is the story behind it. For nine months, through shot and shell, Driver K. Shaw ...

Published: Sunday 16 June 1940
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 482 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK SOLDIER MARRIED

... DUNKIRK SOLDIER MARRIED Home on forty-eight hours leave after being evacuated from Dunkirk. Driver Horace Leslie Creswell, aged 20. of the R.A.S.C. whose home is at Anthony-road. Woodside, was married on Thursday afternoon at Woodside Parish Church, to ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 343 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

BACK FROM DUNKIRK

... BACK FROM DUNKIRK Some of the valiant Saucy Janes which achieved fame for their part in transporting troops from Dunkirk were towed up the river to Teddington by a tug flying the Admiralty flag on Sunday. Large crowds on the riverside at Kew and Richmond ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Richmond Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

EVACUATED FROM DUNKIRK

... EVACUATED FROM DUNKIRK Last Post Solueded At Funeral The Last Post was sounded by Bandmaster W. Meads, of the Southall branch of the British Legion, at the funeral at Heston Church on Saturday of Gunner Thomas Reginald Sturley, of the Royal Artillery ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: West Middlesex Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 470 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE LAST PHASES at DUNKIRK: Scenes During the Retreat to the Coast; and in the City of Dunkirk Itself

... RETREATED ON TO DUNKIRK DUNKIRK-- THE TOWN A BLAZING LORRY IN A STREET STREWN WITH DEBRIS AFTER AN INTENSIVE GERMAN AIR ATTACK. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN A COLUMN OF ALLIED TROOPS MARCHED THIS SpOT ON THEIR WAY TO THE DOCKS DUNKIRK -THE HARBOUR ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

2 BROTHERS HAD DUNKIRK REUNION

... 2 BROTHERS HAD DUNKIRK REUNION T WO brothers, separated, and each thinking the other dead, went through the retreat to Dunkirk. On the beach they suddenly came face to face—sole survivors of their company. Inseparable from boyhood, the brothers C. and ...

Published: Sunday 16 June 1940
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 211 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A CONVOY OF THE GALLANT LITTLE DUNKIRK

... CONVOY OF THE GALLANT LITTLE DUNKIRK ARMADA PASSING LAMBETH BRIDGE. Eighteen of London’s armada of river craft which took part in the withdrawal of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk are seen returning up-river on June 9. They were welcomed at the Pool by River ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 134 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK No News Of A Croydon Sergeant

... THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK No News Of A Croydon Sergeant In an article in last week's issue of the - Croydon Times . ' dealing with the return s of Croy taed don soldier, f rom pu or n ga ki n rk, o l f t p lgr_ iwortham-roed. ri gancierstaad. son of the ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 93 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Man From Dunkirk Gets His Medal From The King

... Man From Dunkirk Gets His Medal From The King Lieut.-Colonel F. Y. C. Knox, Royal Ulster Rifles, receiving the D.S.O. from the King when he visited the Southern Command yesterday to decorate officers who took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. In the picture ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: 5 | Tags: none