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LANTRY AWARDS t NAVAL HEROES OF DUNKIRK

... LANTRY AWARDS NAVAL HEROES OF DUNKIRK wards “for good services in the with-sre the Allied armies from the French in a supplement to London pi.-j number of Indian Army officers are in the list. j S Gallantl T °nalH e i t 0 Leadin Keith Robb. who. in both ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 833 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Repor ed Missing N unNaton Sergeant- Pilot

... recently on I.ea‘e. It was only in last that the Tribune printed a story describing the exploits of Mr. Anton following the Dunkirk evacuation. • 4 ,7 g. ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Midland Counties Tribune
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 127 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A bomb made a big crater in front of a store during last nigh

... Heinkel and sent it into the sea to join the first. A Scottish fighter squadron missed the whole of the Dunkirk fighting, but have now visited the Dunkirk beaches their own. They left behind them a Messerschmitt 109 crashed and broken. This was the end of ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 420 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Rail Disorganisation

... carried out by a strong force of bombers, was still in progress after dawn had broken. Docks and shipping at Ijmuiden, Ostend, Dunkirk and Flushing were attacked. ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 176 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The Defence

... Birmingham contributed los. !)d. The lifeboat did splendid work in the evacuation from Dunkirk and returned bearing the scars battle. Later she was given the name Guide of Dunkirk.’ After consultation with Government Departments it was decided to spend the remaining ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 574 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE ANNUAL MEETING

... the new self-righting lifeboat purchased out of a £5.000 cheque from the Girl Guides’ Association has been named “Guide of Dunkirk,” as went straight from the yard to the evacuation of the B.E.F. Mr. Ascroft said there had been 785 launches so far this ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 453 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

May Not Succeed

... experts of many descriptions. Spain has had some experience of Nazi propaganda and will remember the Germans’ failure at Dunkirk to press home an obvious advantage. Spaniards are no means convinced that victory is going to be so easy. Their keen sense ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 231 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DRIVER'S LIFE SAVED BY FRENCH

... had been married for only five weeks when he was called up the outbreak of war and he served on a hospital ship during the Dunkirk episode, transporting the wounded from France. Previously he had served for some years as Sergeant the Welsh Territorials ...

W INVASION PLANS WERE UPSET

... munitions and equipment, naval vessels and from trustworthy sources provide evidence damage at Antwerp, Calais, Boulogne, Dunkirk, Seaport, Le Havre, Brest and Lorient, in addition to the naval docks and shipbuilding yards at Kiel, and Bremen. At Lorient ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1053 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GERMANY

... there and tramp steamer observed in .'jter harbour was directly hit beavy bomb. The docks at URes were also attacked. off Dunkirk one of the J 8 sighted a convoy of 12 to 15 fi cargo vessels. They were by E-boats and travelling astern in two ranks. The ...

Published: Tuesday 22 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 265 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Berlin Bombed Again in Widespread Raids

... yards at Emmerich, Munster, Hamm, Bottrop, and Duisburg, the power station at Hamburg, the channel ports of Flushing. Ostend, Dunkirk, and several enemy aerodromes were attacked by a strong force of aircraft which operated throughout the hours of darkness ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 12 | Tags: none