... of distinguished services in connection with operations in the field, March-June, 1940, that is, in France and Flanders before the evacuation of Dunkirk. The names of the officers are as follows: Commands and Staff. Col. (Temp. Brig.) W. E. Duncan, C.V ...

... distinguished ser- 1 vices in connection with opera- ! tions in the field, March-June, 1940, that is, in France and Flanders before the evacuation of Dunkirk. The names of the officers are as follows:— Commands and Staff. —- Col. (Temp. Brig.) W. E. Duncan ...

... Gloucesters Mentioned In Dispatches In the week-end list of honours for distinguised services in Flanders and France from March to June before the evacuation from Dunkirk are the following officers and men of Gloucestershire battalions mentioned in dispatches ...

... wounded in Belgium before the evacuation of Dunkirk. Capt. Brasington comes from Cirencester. He served throughout the last war with another battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, having enlisted in 1909. Ee was in- Flanders this time and fought his way ...

... per cent were evacuated children. The communicants were addressed the Bishop of Tewkesbury and the total number confirmed was 103. Fifty-two these were boys belonging the London County Council's J training ship Exmouth, who were evacuated to the town some ...

... tradesmen serving, and the types of equipment, and he also dealt with his experiences in demolition work, beach evacuation, etc., during the Flanders retreat. NOT DEPRESSED Major Browning said that during the retreat there was no feeling of depression among ...

... us 114.555 dead and wounded, one-third of the losses on the main battlefields of France and Flanders Our total casualties all fronts were 528.227. were evacuating Suvla. beginning. Indeed, our wholesale departure from the Gallipoli peninsula. From the Salonika ...

... wounded in Belgium before the evacuation of Dunkirk. Capt. Brasington comes from Cirencester. He served throughout the last war with another battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, having enlisted 1909. He was in Flanders this time and fought his way ...

... service in two wars and received decorations for courage and devotion to duty. of casualty clearing stations in France and Flanders during the Great War, and after being twice mentioned in dispatches. received the British Red Cross decoration (Ist Class) ...

... detailed for evacuation. This was agreed to. Therefore the teachers left behind had no choice, and are now the victims circumstances over which they had no control. Moreovmany of them thought tnat their services would soon required, we evacuated teachers ...

... amrioua to secure the support * MA»Mun’in Sum* am seeking the hospitality your columns. In the withdrawal from'Ftanoe and Flanders, the Y.M.CA. curtained loasea of huts and equipment totalling some £70,000, whilst hat Thousands of husbands. Cithers or ...

... to their native land, and to the tasks which lie immediately before them. Gen. Viscount Gort. who commanded the B.E.F. in Flanders, sent a message to the inhabitants of Ramsgate after he had landed, expressing his gratitude for the way which the troops ...