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FOR DUNKIRK MEN

... FOR DUNKIRK MEN few weeks ago Mrs. Lawson, the mother of Lieut. Lawson, 4th Batt. E-L.R., who was first reported killed, but has since written to inform his parents that a prisoner war, gave the Burnley branch 21b, lof wool and a number of knitted articles ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 106 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK If we look hack over the few months, lie said, •• we realise that we have passed through a time when, doubt, in the opinion of the majority of the world, we stood face to face with danger and disaster. Now the tide has turned ...

Published: Monday 21 October 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Trials At Dunkirk And Norway

... Trials At Dunkirk And Norway There has been no Grand Fleet action, and it is the men in the small ships which took part in the operations at Dunkirk and Norway who have borne the heaviest burden.” He told the story of one destroyer engaged off the Norwegian ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 325 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Shaken Up At Dunkirk

... Shaken Up At Dunkirk CIGARETTES EASE GIVE As the result of his experiences on the Dunkirk sand dunes, a Morecambe man lay in a British military hospital. During his stay there, expecting to be discharged as unfit, he was handed a packet of cigarettes ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: Morecambe Guardian
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 567 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK MAN ON MURDER CHARGE

... DUNKIRK MAN ON MURDER CHARGE Leaning over his wife, who, it was alleged, he had shot and bayonnetted only a few minutes before, Clifford Holmes, aged 24, a driver in the Royal Engineers, took her hand as she lay dead, and said: Irene, speak to me, because ...

Published: Thursday 31 October 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 264 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HUNDREDS SAVED IN DUNKIRK EPIC TRAWLER DASHED SCALDING

... HUNDREDS SAVED IN DUNKIRK EPIC TRAWLER DASHED SCALDING D.S.M. INTO STEAM RACING along trawler’s deck throngh etontb scalding steam tram bollms which threatened to explode at any moment, Fetty Officer Ndl Mac Lean Speed saved the Uvea of hundreds men daring ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 686 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GUIDE OF DUNKIRK' NEW MOTOR LIFEBOAT FROM GIRL GUIDES

... GUIDE OF DUNKIRK' NEW MOTOR LIFEBOAT FROM GIRL GUIDES The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received a cheque for £5,000 from the Girl Guides Association. This is part of the £50.000 contributed by the 700,000 guides of the Empire, who set themselves ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NAZIS MISSED THE BOAT J. L. HODSON AND DUNKIRK BLUNDER Mr. J. L. Hudson, the famous war correspondent and

... NAZIS MISSED THE BOAT J. L. HODSON AND DUNKIRK BLUNDER Mr. J. L. Hudson, the famous war correspondent and journalist, who . was with the troops in the retreat from Dunkirk, and in France, lectured at Carr-road Methodist School, Nelson, last Saturday ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 545 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEDNESDAY. October 9th. 1940, at 1 30 PJU. DUNKIRK VIEW. COCKER LANE. LEYLAND (five minutes Seven Stars ’bus). ..

... WEDNESDAY. October 9th. 1940, at 1 30 PJU. DUNKIRK VIEW. COCKER LANE. LEYLAND (five minutes Seven Stars ’bus). JJUMP will SELL AUCTION, for Mr. JAMES DEACON (land required lor ploughing* under:— ‘illA 1939 HENS. Ancona and Ancona Cross Bred. TA POULTRY ...

Published: Tuesday 08 October 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 93 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

RUNCORN’S £356,000

... last week’s contribution of £8,827 the total figure now amounts to £356,312. NAZIS ON DUNKIRK SHELLING The following German version of how the British Navy shelled Dunkirk was broadcast over the Berlin radio this morning: “It was a moonlight night and one ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 111 | Page: 6 | Tags: none