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Commemorating Dunkirk

... Commemorating Dunkirk rPHE authorities are considering the issue of a special badge or medal to those soldiers who were present the evacuation of Dunkirk, Presumably it the occasion wns commemorated with medal it would enable soldiers to wear the appropriate ...

Published: Monday 24 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 312 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE DUNKIRK RETREAT

... THE DUNKIRK RETREAT Medal For Members Of The 8.E.F.? A Dunkirk medal (or badge) is likely to be given to all members of the B.E.F. who took part in the immortal retreat from Dun kirk. Because this question is now being con sidered, the War Office have ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SAFE FROM DUNKIRK

... SAFE FROM DUNKIRK. Second-Lt. S. G, Cotton, RE.. formerly of Walton, an engineering assistant in the City Engineer's Department. is now known to safe in England. Cpl. 'lhomas 'Jenson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. I'. Henson, 57, St. Martin'sstreet. has ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Peterborough Standard
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: | Words: 655 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

REFUSED TO GO TO DUNKIRK

... direct to Dunkirk, were instrumental in saving many soldiers. The dismissed coxswain, H. Griggs, had been a member of the Hythe lifeboat crew for 38 years He was said at the time to have declared to an interviewer that he declined to go Dunkirk because ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 638 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK HERO'S GEDLING BRIDE

... DUNKIRK HERO'S GEDLING BRIDE Less than 4S hours after arriving from Dunkirk with some of the last contingent in the heroic retreat from Flanders, L/Opl. George Btorr, of Bulcote. was married to Miss Gladys Mabel Smith, of Phoenix Farm. Gedling. at Gedling ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Beeston Gazette and Echo
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK ECHO IN POLICE COURT

... DUNKIRK ECHO IN POLICE COURT J A- Leicester man who visited Melton 4\ to see a brother who had returned | from Dunkirk was fined 10s., at Melton | Petty Sessions on Tuesday, when he was summoned for parking a motor car on the wrong side of the road at ...

DUNKIRK, THEY HAD A CHURCH PARADE IN LEICESTER

... DUNKIRK, THEY HAD A CHURCH PARADE IN LEICESTER Here are three pictures Showing men of a Leicester battery back in the city from Dunkirk who had a church parade to St. James' the Greater, Leicester, on Sunday. Right: Lining up after the parade. Below, ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 84 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GLOW FROM OIL TANKS Epic of Dunkirk Recalled

... Epic of Dunkirk Recalled ( i gTILL echoes of the glorious epic of Dunkirk linger immediately In the memory, and Pte. W. Wright, of Oakland-avenue. Long Latun, who has been home on leave, had a brief but graphic story to relate. - We reached Dunkirk by a ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Stapleford & Sandiacre News
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 184 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN WHO REFUSED REQUEST TO GO TO DUNKIRK

... direct to Dunkirk, were instrumental in s&ving many soldiers. COXSWAIN S EXPLANATION Coxswain H. Griggs had been a member of the Hythe lifeboat crew for years. He was said at the time to have declared to an interviewer that he declined to to Dunkirk because ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MARKET HARBOROUGH Sergeant Who Lost Two Stones At Dunkirk

... MARKET HARBOROUGH Sergeant Who Lost Two Stones At Dunkirk MR. 1. DACE, the well-known Harborough sportsman, resposible for the idea that the fair and amusements on the Old Brewery site should be thrown open on Monday night He sold tickets and the effort ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 210 | Page: 11 | Tags: none