A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN

... their aim of finding enough money for a squadron of Spitfires to aveuge the sinkiml the lner Lancastria during the Flanders evacuation and the machine-gunning of the survivors with incendiary bullets as they etraggled in the oil covered sea. 2 >y A s ...

Published: Friday 31 January 1941
Newspaper: Newton and Earlestown Guardian
County: Lancashire, England
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SAFE AND WELL

... House and Thanet Wanderers XVI'. Before being transferred to the present seat of hostihtles. Coml. Price served in Flanders. At the evacuation from Dunkirk, he WU among the troops landed at Margate. ...

Published: Wednesday 11 June 1941
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 108 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Our London Letter

... who took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk will be specially interested in beautiful gift, which Lord Queensborough has just given to the Lords of the Admiralty, to commemorate the British Navy's heroism in the Flanders evacuation. This gift, a silver ...

Published: Thursday 06 February 1941
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 614 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

REWARD OF GOOD CONDUCT

... he would not press the case. Wilkins, according to the officer, was to be relied upon in all his the Battle of Flanders and the evacuation from Dunkirk hedng particularly ontstanding. The magistrates dismissed the summons on payment da costs. ...

Published: Saturday 22 March 1941
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Housekeeper-in-Chief

... here and elsewhere. WE have now made up all our losses in stores and equipment which resulted from the fighting in Flanders and the evacuation from Dunkirk, though this has naturally iheant that other equipment which would have been ready by now has had to ...

Published: Friday 17 January 1941
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 421 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

of Flanders

... the Dunkirk perimeter and were steadily evacuated, it is obvious he wanted to stay with them to the last man, but he had orders from the Government, which specifically told him that as soon the 8.E.F., by evacuation, fell below a strength of three divisions ...

Published: Friday 17 October 1941
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
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FRANCE & FLANDERS

... FRANCE & FLANDERS heroically over the same ground 25 years ago. The scene of battle was set around old ml her places such a« Yprea, Bnelen. Wytschaete, Boesvnghe and Poperinghe. In the words of Mr. Winston Churchill the evacuation from Dunkirk symbolised ...

Published: Monday 13 January 1941
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
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IN FLANDERS AND NORWAY

... IN FLANDERS AND NORWAY REVIEW OF THE YEAR HEAVY CASUALTIES OF LOCAL UNITS TOURING the whole of May and June events at home were overshadowed the grave news of the sweep of the German armies across France and the danger of the British Army being encdrcled ...

Published: Friday 03 January 1941
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAR IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS PROUD RECORD OF ROYAL WARWICKS

... WAR IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS PROUD RECORD OF ROYAL WARWICKS STORY OF GALLANT ENDEAVOUR The story of the work and courage of members of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in France and Flanders is revealed in an official account of their actions. The story ...

Published: Monday 20 January 1941
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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WHY THE B.E.F. WERE DRIVEN OUT OF FLANDERS

... WHY THE B.E.F. WERE DRIVEN OUT OF FLANDERS THE main causes of the Flanders tragedy culminate ing in the epic of Dunkirk were:— Failure Allied support on either Sank; A Weygand plan based on thin air; Lack of liaison; Insufficient equipment and inadequate ...

Published: Friday 17 October 1941
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 915 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Flanders fell because of shorts of arms, am bad plannin

... Flanders fell because of shorts of arms, am bad plannin VISCOUNT GORT'S own story of the Battle of Flanders —told in his dispatches as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force—give the people of Britain today the inner history of that heroic ...

Published: Friday 17 October 1941
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1262 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WHY B.E.F. WERE DRIVEN OUT OF FLANDERS

... WHY B.E.F. WERE DRIVEN OUT OF FLANDERS DISCLOSURES BY LORD GORT Failure of Allied Support on Either Flank WEYGAND PLAN SURPRISE qpHE MAIN CAUSES OF THE FLANDERS TRAGEDY CULMINATING IN THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK, WERE:— Failure of Allied support on either flank; ...

Published: Friday 17 October 1941
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1633 | Page: 4 | Tags: none