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PLANS FOR DUNKIRK MEDAL

... PLANS FOR DUNKIRK MEDAL THE Treasury Committee on Honours. Medals and Decorations in Time of War are understood to be considering the striking of a Dunkirk Medal to be awarded to all men who took part in the historic evacuation. The medal wi'il most ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Bombing

... daylight raids directed chiefly against coastal objectives from Rotterdam to Dunkirk. A convoy of twelve merchant ships. escorted by war vessels. was sighted close inshore neat- Dunkirk during the mornjng and attacked from a low level. High explosive bombs ...

Published: Friday 04 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DAYLIGHT RAIDS BY R.A.F

... daylight raids directed chiefly against coastal • objectives from Rotterdam to Dunkirk. A convoy of twelve merchant ships, escorted by war vessels, was sighted close inshore near Dunkirk during the morning and attacked from a low level. ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 214 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZI CONVOY OF 5 WIPED OUT

... NAZI CONVOY OF 5 WIPED OUT 7000-Ton Ship Hit by 3 Torpedoes DUNKIRK SHELLED BY NAVY V IN addition to wiping- out entirely a Nazi convoy of five ships, the largest of which was a vessel of 7000 tons, and scoring- three direct hits with torpedoes on a sixth ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 257 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HOME GUARD IS COVERED FOR PENSIONS

... MEMBERS of the Home Guard on duty are covered in regard to pensions on the same basis as the regular forces. The epic of Dunkirk has inspired a new fund to aid those merchant navy men, boatmen and yachtsmen who may need help. These were two of the interesting ...

Published: Friday 11 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 267 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Brave Seaforth Officer

... for the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry. Capt.' Ross was killed in action in Belgium before the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was a son of the late Provost Ross. Forres, and' a partner in the firm of Messrs D. Ross and Sons, builders. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 74 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

British Shells Cause Terrific Damage

... British Shells Cause Terrific Damage Terrific material losses were caused at Cherbourg. Boulogne, and Dunkirk as result of the week-end air and naval bombardments it is admitted in French newspapers yesterday. Reports assert that the British ships ...

Published: Tuesday 15 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRENCH SOLDIERS REPATRIATED

... FRENCH SOLDIERS REPATRIATED French soldiers and sailors evacuated from Dunkirk were repatriated yesterday when the liners Sphinx and Canada reached Marseilles from England. Some badlv wounded men were immediately taken to military hospitals in ambulances ...

Published: Monday 07 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Personal Paragraphs

... Normanby, i s a prisoner of war The Marquis is with the Green Howafds. He was last seen at a casualty clearing station near Dunkirk with a leg and a wound in the back. E. D. O'Brien, who is charge of the Press, Broadcasting, and Receptions Department of ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 134 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

10 Years' Sentence On Soldier

... love with the girl, and the motive for the crime was undoubtedly jealousy. Beesley. who was stated to have had bad time at Dunkirk, said that he had been engaged for three years. Visiting Miss Sherry he found letters from another soldier. After reading ...

Published: Tuesday 22 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITAIN IMPRESSES AMERICA

... would be possible for Great Britain to avoid falling. The first thing that impressed them was the wonderful evacuation from Dunkirk. The second was the report of the American Attaches to this country, who went back to Washington and laughed at the idea of ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

How We Shall Win

... correspondent, speaking Nelson (Lanes.) on Saturday night, said if ever there was a time for an invasion it was immediately after Dunkirk. Ever since we had been stronger. Hitler had missed a great opportunity and it showed that he could also make mistakes. Mr ...

Published: Monday 28 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 6 | Tags: none