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Dunkirk Did It

... Dunkirk Did It started after Dunkirk. The boys were pouring home in their thousands everybody was overjoyed to see them and to know that they were safe. But when some of them arrived tired, hungry and thirsty, they couldn't get a cup of tea, not even ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Norwood News
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Medal For Men of B.E.F

... Dunkirk Medal For Men of B.E.F. The men who stood on the beaches of Dunkirk under a rain of bombs and swam to the ships which brought them back to Ingland. may Mon be entitled to wear a medal commemorating the great evacuation. It is probable that a ...

Published: Monday 28 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CATFORD GUNNER CORPORAL'S M.M. Bravery at Dunkirk

... CATFORD GUNNER CORPORAL'S M.M. Bravery at Dunkirk Corporal P. Vaar. RA., TA., has awarile4l the Military for bravery (hiring the evacuat ion f Dunkirk. (.'orporal Vane. whose home i at Riverview -park. Gatford-hill. joined the Territorials before the ...

Published: Tuesday 08 October 1940
Newspaper: Lewisham Borough News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CAMBERWELL'S DUNKIRK Many houses devastated CHURCH HALL DEMOLISHED

... CAMBERWELL'S DUNKIRK Many houses devastated CHURCH HALL DEMOLISHED Writing in the current issue of his parish magazine about recent bombings, Canon H. G. Veazey, vicar of St. Mark's, Camberwell, says: Since 20th September (like the nation after its ...

Published: Friday 04 October 1940
Newspaper: South London Observer
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CATHOLIC WEDDING BRIDEGROOM WAS AMONG THOUSANDS EVACUATED FROM DUNKIRK

... CATHOLIC WEDDING BRIDEGROOM WAS AMONG THOUSANDS EVACUATED FROM DUNKIRK A pretty wedding took place at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Woolwich, recently, when Mr. Jack Peter Holt (Royal Engineers), an old boy of St. Mary Magdalen School, Mortlake, son of ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1940
Newspaper: Richmond Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

British Warships Bombard Dunkirk: Great Damage QUNKIRK, THE FRENCH PORT FROM WHICH THE B.E.F. WAS EVACUATED ..

... British Warships Bombard Dunkirk: Great Damage QUNKIRK, THE FRENCH PORT FROM WHICH THE B.E.F. WAS EVACUATED LAST JUNE, WAS HEAVILY SHELLED BY THE BRITISH NAVY ON TUESDAY NIGHT. An official Admiralty announcemant issued yesterday, stated: A naval bombardment ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 229 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

C rt nu .1 Fr On. ' R.A.F. Upsets Plans, Impresses Germans soldiers tight so well as around Dunkirk. The

... C rt nu .1 Fr On. ' R.A.F. Upsets Plans, Impresses Germans soldiers tight so well as around Dunkirk. The troops who covered the retreat of the main body in those epic battles had been praised in memoranda dealing with the reasons for the Allied defeat ...

Published: Thursday 03 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 173 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Two Places

... made for Dunkirk, shelled it heavily and left fires burning. The news of the actions was given in two brief, quiet communiqués from the Admiralty. The first told of the Dunkirk shelling. It said: A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE DAILY MIRROR

... near Dunkirk, was attackied by R.A.F. bombers on Thursday. A single R.A.F. plane made a daylight raid over Western Germany on the same afternoon and bombed a large iron works between Wesel and Halkern. The Nazi convoy which was attacked off Dunkirk was ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 216 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

32 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK

... the Daily Mirror eight days ago has given Britain her blackest week in merchant shipping losses since the evacuation from Dunkirk. Britain lost thirty-two ships, totalling 146,528 tons, during the week ended October 20-21, the Admiralty announced yesterday ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 146 | Page: 12 | Tags: none