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BOMBS AMONG E-BOATS DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON CHERBOURG

... with the parents leaflets giving full information about the evacuation scheme. Mr MacDonald said that from' evacuation areas in the London region 563.000 children had already been evacuated, but 279.000 remained. The Flying Bedstead There was an Arabian ...

Published: Thursday 31 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 344 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Marriage »» Episcopal Church, Crieff, on Wedl) being Mr Tom Johnston, Larbert, bridesmaid, and Mr Albert Smith, ..

... being Mr Tom Johnston, Larbert, bridesmaid, and Mr Albert Smith, (“PA. Photo. Replacing Lost Bagpipes. URING the evacuation from Flanders, certain Highland battalions lost treasured possessions, their bagpipes, and with the object of replacing the instruments ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 133 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

State of Funds

... State of Funds To replace the loss of pipe sets during the B.E.F. evacuation in Flanders, four sets were gifted from general funds and with the generosity of several people, 12 sets altogether have now heen despatched to different Highland Battalions ...

HIGHLAND REGIMENTS Replacing Lost Pipes COMFORTS PROVIDED Progress in a scheme to provide bagpipes for Highland ..

... made to the Association on behalf of certain Highland battalions which had lost their bagpipes during the evacuation of the B . E . F . in Flanders , it was agreed to gift four sets of pipes fr ° J the general funds , and at the same time y > make a public ...

Published: Monday 21 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 440 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Britain on the Offensive MYSTERY CHANNEL WAR

... MYSTERY CHANNEL WAR How Nazis Are Being Harried BY OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENT “SEVERAL ENEMY NAVAL CRAFT ATTEMPTED TO APPROACH THE FLANDERS COAST. BUT WERE DRIVEN OFF BY OUR NAVAL ARTILLERY. —German High Command Communique. BEHIND this reference in to-day’s official ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 277 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE EAST END BEARDS WHITEHALL

... instance. urged Father Groser, » * for billeting outside London. EMEMBER, you who criticise ★ overseas evacuation, that the ~. . , Infant Jesus was evacuated 'KUStK told the Minister, who another country. Hitler out-Hcrods looked astounded. how Herod.—l. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 857 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SCHOOL TEACHER LEAVES

... 24, Street, Feltham, the bride£i'oom joined the R.A.S.C. as a driver January of this year and was in Flanders with the 8.E.F., with whom was evacuated from Dunkirk. Given away by her father, the bride becomingly gowned in white moire m.ffeta with tulle ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Middlesex Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 406 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Ashby Comforts Fund Another Successful Month—Parcels Value Over £5O Despatched —Mites' Three Shillings—Aston ..

... coutri- outbreak at war, was in the Dunkin buted a very generous amount. 1 under- evacuation, after spending nine months stand that each man will get a pair of in Flanders. I understand he is attached socks, a helmet and mittens, and a scarf to a cavalry ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Burton Observer and Chronicle
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 725 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HEFTS COMFORTS DKLDDES NEAILT CM PARCELS AND l.m St. POSTAL ORDERS. ALMOST £Z,OM COLLECTED. A meat encouraging ..

... knitted garments had been sent to Wednesbnry men with the Forces. Over pairs had been sent to the B.E.F. who were evacuated from Flanders, parcels woollen goods had been sent to H.M.S. Cossack and to Finland, an.i well over thousand articles were still ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 492 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

C.O.'s, Violinists, Judges in the Amps

... famous as the Brigade of Guards. The disciplined workmen engaged on all manner of jobs along our lines of communication in Flanders rose nobly to many difficult occasions during the great withdrawal. With nothing more formidable in their hands than axes ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 588 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DAY BY DAY WAR TALKS

... DAY BY DAY WAR TALKS The Military Man's IMMEDIATELY after the evacuation of Dunkirk the War Office set up a number of committees and examined a large number of witnesses in order to discover what weaknesses existed in the British Army organisation, and ...

Published: Wednesday 16 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 905 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE EAST END BEARDS WHITEHALL

... knowledge that might be sands of people were still endur- used for subversive purposes. conditions comparable with those in Flanders. , While approximately 100.000 are there the danger, homeless, or living in wrecked ut in Groser, that the houses, many ...

Published: Wednesday 02 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 668 | Page: 3 | Tags: none