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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

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

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 ...

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

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