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MESSAGE FROM DUNKIRK

... MESSAGE FROM DUNKIRK. A bottle thrown into the sea from the beaches at Dunkirk in May has just been washed ashore on the Isle of Man. It contained the names and addresses of some of the men waiting to be brought off by the famous rescue fleet of small ...

Published: Friday 23 August 1940
Newspaper: Montrose Standard
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 50 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Bayonet from Dunkirk Used by Woman in Street Assault

... Bayonet from Dunkirk Used by Woman in Street Assault A Bridgeton woman, Elizabeth Rankine (30), was sent to prison for 30 days at Glasgow Sheriff Court to-day for stabbing another woman with a bayonet. In passing sentence Sheriff Berry remarked, There ...

Published: Thursday 08 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

'BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY

... trawlers, was given leave just before the Dunkirk evacuation. He got into civilian clothe, borrowed a civilian identification card and enlisted for service on a small motor-boas. He made three trips to Dunkirk before rejoining his trawler. ...

Published: Friday 02 August 1940
Newspaper: Montrose Standard
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROSYTH NAVYMAN AWARDED D.S.M

... who distinguished himself in the evacuation of Dunkirk is expected home on leave shortly. He is Stoker Petty Officer Geo. A. Aitchison, whose home is at 21 King's Crescent, Rosyth. For his services at Dunkirk he has been awarded the Distinguished Service ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 69 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Alyth Soldier Injured in Cycle Smash

... motor cycle accident in England, where he has been since the evacuation of Dunkirk. Previous to joining up he was a postman at Crieff. His brother Malcolm was killed in the Dunkirk evacuation, and another brother, Duncan, is reported missing. ...

Published: Monday 19 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DOLLAR OFFICERS PRISONERS

... OFFICERS PRISONERS Missing Since Dunkirk Two Dollar officers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders are prisoners of war in Germany. Thoy are Capt. Eric Hewitt and Lieut. Hugh M'llwraith, who had been missing since Dunkirk. Relatives have received word ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Dismissed Coxswain Makes Good

... refused to take a lifeboat to Dunkirk, promptly answered call to duty this morning. • When a British bomber came down in the Channel Mr H. Griggs, former coxswain of the Hythe lifeboat, which was lost during the Dunkirk evacuation, at once put out in ...

Published: Wednesday 14 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIFE OFFICER AWARDED D.S.O

... flown continuously with his squadron on offensive patrols. He took part numerous engagements against the enemy throughout the Dunkirk operations and i subsequently throughout intensive air operations over the Kentish Coast, and protection of shipping in the ...

Published: Thursday 22 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 621 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Old Sailor's Bet for Lifeboats

... Lifeboat Institution has received an anonymous . from an old sailor in admiration of the work which its lifeboats did at Dunkirk. The donor won it in a bet that the Germans would not get the French Fleet. ...

Published: Thursday 08 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 46 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

First Army V.C. of War

... the West Lanes Regiment. He climbed on a straw-roofed barri and with rifle and Bren gun fought enemy forces trying to reach Dunkirk during the evacuation. Mortar bombs crashed through the roof, but held on and killed 7 Germans with the rifle and many more ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 71 | Page: 1 | Tags: none