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Nazi Convoy Wiped Out

... HAMMER BLOWS BY THE NAVY 1 —THE BOMBARDMENT OF DUNKIRK AND THE SINKING OF A NAZI CONVOY OF THREE SUPPLY SHIPS AND THE TWO ESCORT VESSELS ACCOMPANYING THEM —WERE DISCLOSED LAST NIGHT. The bombardment of Dunkirk, carried out on Tuesday night, appears to have ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 204 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

INVASION HELD

... A.F. bombed Le Havre, Antwerp, Ostend, Dunkirk, Boulogne, Flushing and Calais. On September 16, the day on which the neutral sources say the enemy embarked, the Air Ministry stated that Calais, Zeebrugge, Dunkirk and Ostend were bombed in daylight, and ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 188 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GUIDE OF DUNKIRK Empire Girl Guides' Gift of Lifeboat The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received a ..

... GUIDE OF DUNKIRK Empire Girl Guides' Gift of Lifeboat The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received a cheque for £ 5000 from the ^ Girl Guides' Association . This is part of the £ 50 , 000 contributed by the 700 , 000 Guides of the Empire , who ...

Published: Thursday 10 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2122 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CALUM MACCUISH

... received a posteard from his son Calum. Cameron Highlanders, stating that he is a prisoner of war. He has been missing since the Dunkirk evacuation. ...

ARMY LEAVE

... ARMY LEAVE Sir, —My husband went to Fiance in September, 1939, getting his first leave in March, 1940 After Dunkirk he got forty-eight io*** / i ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 31 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Honour for Campbeltown Seamaz Award of Distinguishe | Service Medal to P.O. Neil Speed

... after the Dunkirk evacuation. He had a remarkable story to tell, when interviewed by a representative of the “Courier”, but he made no reierence of his dash to the engine rooms. The Gracie Fields was among the first ships to be ordered to Dunkirk to evacuate ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Campbeltown Courier
County: Argyll, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 580 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NEVILLE DID NOT TROUBLE AT ALL

... panic and Neville did not seem to trouble at all” DUNKIRK MEDAL MAY BE STRUCK 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 309 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BIRNAM

... and Mrs Hamilton. Mrs Hamilton is daughter of Mr E. Heron Watson, Airleywight. NEW PLAY.—A new play entitled Shadows Over Dunkirk is to be staged for the first time in the Institute Hall on Thursday first by the West Highland Players under the leadership ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 1940
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 268 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

R.A.F.'S DAYLIGHT ATTACKS

... daylight raids directed chiefly against coastal objectives from Rotterdam to Dunkirk. A convoy of 12 merchant ships, escorted by war vessels, was sighted close inshore near Dunkirk during the morning and attacked from a low level. High explosive bombs were ...

Published: Friday 04 October 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 225 | Page: 7 | 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