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Was at Dunkirk

... Was at Dunkirk former Regular soldier with The West Yorkshire Regiment. Private Alfred Whitehead (33). of Ackroyd Square. Clayton Heights. Bradford, served throughout the Second World War and was at Dunkirk. After the war he was a labourer for Bradford ...

Dunkirk

... only because so many men the Army were brought home. Dunkirk holds unirue place in the hearts of British peoole. While these things happened, the sun rhone and the seas were still, and many called Dunkirk a miracle. ...

Poignancy of Dunkirk

... Poignancy of Dunkirk THE BIG PICK-UP. By Elleston Trevor. (Heinemann, 12s. 6d.) The taste of Dunkirk, which this book re-creates, is still sharp and bitter, nearly 15 years afterwards. We cannot escape the flow of books about war, and this one is a terse ...

The price at Dunkirk

... The price Dunkirk He emphasises the severe price paid by our aircrews during the retreat to Dunkirk, and of the much-heard criticisms that the Junior Service was not at Dunkirk Mr. Richards has this reply: It was so much present that during the nine ...

BEFORE DUNKIRK

... BEFORE DUNKIRK ASSIGNMENT TO CATASTROPHE. Vol. I. Prelude to Dunkirk. Major-General Sir Edward L. Spears. (Ilelnemaiin. 255.). Published today. Reviewed by our military correspondent, A. P. MAGUIRE GENERAL SPEARS, soldier and politician, has written a ...

Reply to Dunkirk critics

... Reply to Dunkirk critics After 19 years of unity, with the handing over of the Fleet Air Arm the Admiralty, the RAF began disintegrate under the attacks of tho Navy. There was also a continued threat to Coastal Command, The wrangling, he says, continued ...

'The Dunkirk from Abadan'

... 'The Dunkirk from Abadan' —Lady Violet From Our Hudderstield Stall The Dunkirk trom Abadan was the description given last night by Lady Violet Bonbam Carter. Liberal candidate lor the Colne Valley, to the latest events In Persia. She was visiting the ...

T6 THE EDITOR Dunkirk Memorial Seamen's Institute Sir, —The propoeal to at Dunkirk, as a lasting memorial of ..

... France. Dunkirk has many memories for older generation. For those who are younger, the memory will proudly remain an army undaunted In defeat and the little ships which so gallantly sailed in rescue toe Dunkirk beaches. Shall not our Dunkirk War Memorial ...

Tribute to Lakeland packs

... Camrass, chairman of the 1940 Dunkirk Veterans’ Association. Ex-Service associations and Service representatives will be at the ceremony. The 1940 Dunkirk Veterans’ Association, whose badge Incorporates the arms of Dunkirk, hopes to spread from its he ...

Humber shippi ARRIVALS Arrivals expected at Humber ports during the period ending July 16 include:— HULL ..

... via London and Newcastle) 15-16: Port Premantle (Australia via Dunkirk) 16: Tregllsaon (Australia) 16; Port MacQuarle (Australia via Dunkirk) 16. ASSOCIATED HUMBER LINES. - Aire (Dunkirk) 10: Bury (Rotterdam) 10; Harrogate (Bremen and Hamburg) 11; Fountains ...