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MARKETS EMPLOYEES LIABLE FOR SERVICE

... joined the Forces, and news has been received that two of them who were action with the B.F.F. in Belgium and with the Navy at Dunkirk have safely returned. It has been resolved that, if possible, the Chief Inspector authorised to appoint qualified temporary ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 155 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

TANKS DEFIED AND WOUNDED RESCUED

... Poperinghe. Finding it practically destroyed by air bombing he collected more wounded from the ruins and took his convoy to Dunkirk. After embarking his casualties and attending to further cases on the beach, he returned with more medical supplies to Mont ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 441 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Lord Sysonby awarded D.S.O. Platoon delayed enemy for twelve hours J'HE D.S.O. has been conferred on Major Lord ..

... Poperinghe. Finding it practically destroyed by air bombing he collected more wounded from the ruins and took his convoy to Dunkirk. After embarking his casualties and attending to further cases on the beach. he returned with more medical supplies to Mont ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 965 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FOUR OAKS FLANDERS HERO WEDS

... FOUR OAKS FLANDERS HERO WEDS WARWICKSHIRE hero of the fighting in Flanders brought to England wounded in the Dunkirk evacuation, was married in London to-day. He is 2nd-Lieut. D. F. W. Hanmer, of the Royal Warwickshires, only son of the late Frank Hanmer ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 450 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Powerful Air Force

... it was operating from its own bases, and when the numerical odds were not utterly fantastic. During the evacuation from Dunkirk the R.A.F. are known to have destroyed as many as 70 German aircraft in one day. Our airmen can hope to do even better than ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 239 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

FROM BUDAPEST

... yours would' be, by the cheerful good humour and high spirits of the Homeland. Ever since what I suppose was the miracle of Dunkirk the efforts of our workpeople have been almost sanctified by the thought that we mu'st lend our hands with utmost speed to ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 447 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Daring Attack on Tank

... through the enemy lines. When no officers were left he took over command of the company and brought the remainder it through to Dunkirk. Sgt. Baker was on May 26 near Morbeco ordered to run his gun out to deal with an attack by four tanks. He engaged them at ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 516 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE JUNIOR COVENTRY HERALD

... which hav e reached the National Associatio n country are not particularly lookof ing forward to the idea either, the at Dunkirk s' sent b Bo y past members to their old only difference is that some school children are determined to club mates. And it ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1619 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LOCAL WEDDINGS

... is 20. joined the R.A.S.C. shortly before the war, and he is now in an English hospital with a wound received during the Dunkirk embarkation. The eldest. who is in his late thirties, was also recalled from the Reserve after many years in the Navy. New ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 862 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MERCURY M June 1944 five new character mr 7 WK much different S' from those which troubled earlier flotillas I

... destroyers or cruisers but for every of such excitement hundred be spent in uneventful patrol The epic re-embarkation from Dunkirk a big feather in the caps our flotillas Conditions were such that heavier craft could not operate to the French coast the ...

Published: Sunday 30 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1562 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MR. E. C. LANCASTER AND MISS O. L. WINDRIDGE

... held at the bride home, and 34 guests were present, „ „ „ bridegroom was with the • recently landed in this country from Dunkirk The wedding was to have taken not long after ttie outbreak of war but had been postponed account of Army leave being stopped ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1324 | Page: 7 | Tags: none