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Dunkirk Did It

... Dunkirk Did It started after Dunkirk. The boys were pouring home in their thousands everybody was overjoyed to see them and to know that they were safe. But when some of them arrived tired, hungry and thirsty, they couldn't get a cup of tea, not even ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Norwood News
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PROPERTY SALE Cottages at Dunkirk

... PROPERTY SALE Cottages at Dunkirk A pair of setnl-detached freehold cottages on the London Road at Dunkirk —Chez Nous (producing £2B per annum gross) and Rawalpindi (vacant)—were offered for sale by auction on Wednesday at the Ship Hotel, Faversham ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Faversham News
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WAR HONOURS

... many adventures, Major Hens and his gallant men at last reached Dunkirk. MILITARY MEDAL Spr. Leonard London, of Tonbridge, for getting a large contingent of men out of danger in the Dunkirk area. A large force of (lei - mans were approaching the position ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Killed In Bombing

... Killed In Bombing Raid .AFTER ESCAPING FROM NORWAY AND DUNKIRK FATE OF CORPORAL C. F. COMERY AFTER being evacuated from Norway and Dunkirk, Corporal Colin Fenely Comeryonly son of Mrs. Follows, of Braemar. Mikado-road. Long Eaton, and the late Capt. ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Long Eaton Advertiser
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: | Words: 200 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Driver James Davies

... belvoir Road, Widnes, joined H.M. Forces in October, 1939. He was drafted to the 8.E.F., but was successfully evacuated from Dunkirk. A native of Widnes, he was educated at the Widnes C.E. School and later at West Bank School before being employed by the ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Runcorn Weekly News
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 58 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CHASING THE ENEMY

... circling Heinkel and sent it the sea to join the first A Scottish fightei squadron missed the whole of the Dunkirk fighting but has now visited the Dunkirk beaches on their own. They left behind them a Messerschmitt 109 crashed and broken on the same samis ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Marquis Is A Prisoner Of War

... is with the Green Howa rd s and waP reported miP.lng early In July. Ito was last peen at a casualt,y clearing Ptation near Dunkirk, with a wound and a wound In the back. ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Stoker Wins D.S.M

... Brian Gaughan, Dunbar, East Lothian, hay been awarded the Distinguished Service' Medal for conspicuous gallantry durinZ the Dunkirk evacuation. He took off hip clothes and swam a quarter of a mile to rescue two men, afterwareg assisting other drowning men ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 55 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MARQUESS CAPTURED

... the Green Howards and was officially reported missing early in July. He was last seen at a casualty clear„l s atlon ear Dunkirk with a leg wound and a wound the back. •Lord Normanby succeeded to the title eight years ago. ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TONBRIDGE MAN DECORATED

... Sapper London, with the co-operation of others of his comrades, commandeered a French train and drove it to safety in the Dunkirk area. The full story of Sapper London's exploit appeared in last week's Tonbridge Free Press. r 4 • ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Tonbridge Free Press
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 72 | Page: 3 | Tags: none