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DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK Ninetcen life-boats of the Institution formed part of the ‘‘fantastic armada of little boats which evacuated the B.E.F. from Dunkirk. These life-boats brought off from the beaches thousands of men. All the life-boats were damaged. One was lost ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 58 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk

... Dunkirk Other engagemenis between ,Royal Naval Air Service machines from home stations and the rmemy also took place over the Thames Estuary. Later ten Naval pilots from Dunkirk encountered sixteen hostile aireraft off Ostend returning from their raid ...

Published: Saturday 09 June 1917
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 70 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

EXPLOSION AT DUNKIRK

... EXPLOSION AT DUNKIRK Owing to the explosion of a case of grenades which was being handled by some soldiers, three men were killed and four injured. Two of the bodies have not been identified. A railway truck near by was blown to pieces. ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1917
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 43 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK BOMBARDED

... DUNKIRK BOMBARDED PARIS, Saturday night, Last Sunday night Dunkirk underwent an extremely violent bombardment by enemy aeroplanes. Numerous hombs were dropped in the outskirts of the town and the electric sirens weére put out of action owing {o the smashing ...

Published: Saturday 13 July 1918
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 58 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Dunkirk, Oct

... Dunkirk, Oct Port Bowen, . [ Port Victor, left Svdney for London, Oct. 23 Pear Bracch, left Callao !«(‘)d‘?hi;. Oct. 22 Pangbourne, at 3 Pofloghl:fi. m for Brishane, t Brishane, O m&.w.“ for Hamburg, Oct. 2 . iat Gibraltar. 9 Philoctete spoken Port Melbourne ...

Published: Saturday 02 November 1929
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 933 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Dunkirk memorices

... Dunkirk memorices It’s a long way from the seething waters off Dunkirk in 1940 to the quiet confines of Haldane Burgess Crescent in Lerwick. Yet Alec Wiseman opened his front door recently to find the memories flooding back. On his doorstep stood Eddie ...

Published: Friday 05 June 1987
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

BOMBARDMENT .OF DUNKIRK

... BOMBARDMENT .OF DUNKIRK A long range gun has again bombarded Dun. kirk with the aid of « squadron of weroplanes Our anti-aireraft guns brought down two ma chines. : In 1916 Dunkirk was suddenly shelled with giant projectiles, It was aboui twenty miles ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1918
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 316 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Dunkirk house

... who were at Dunkirk, who had tales to tell about the Battle of Britain, or from members of the Home Guard. These personal accounts were compiled under four headings in four books under the titles, We Remember the Home Guard; We Remember Dunkirk; We Remember ...

Published: Friday 09 November 1990
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 230 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

To the Editor DUNKIRK

... To the Editor DUNKIRK l HAVE been commissioned by my publishers, William Collins and Sons, to write a factual history of the evacuation of Dunkirk, which involved almost 500,000 men and women in the nine days between May 27 and June 3, 1940. The records ...

Published: Friday 25 September 1959
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 263 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

AERIAL ATTACK ON DUNKIRK

... AERIAL ATTACK ON DUNKIRK A msssage form Paris says that a number of Ger. man aviators made an attack upon Dunkirk and its suburbs on Friday. They dropped about 80 bombs, and about twenty persons were struck, seven being mortally injured. A“factory filled ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1915
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AIR RAID ON DUNKIRK

... AIR RAID ON DUNKIRK A Berlin message states that om November 14, a great number of Lombs were dropped on the station at Dunkirk. Numecrous explosions and fires were observed. ...

Published: Saturday 24 November 1917
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 30 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ENEMY BOMBS DUNKIRK

... ENEMY BOMBS DUNKIRK FRENCH OFFICIAL.. this aftern The enem uvincourt, and at the Four de Par At 'ht latie to reach our losses. Joint the enemy, who a waé repulsed twice with In Lerraige, our patrols made some prisoners, including an officer, in the sector ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1917
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 87 | Page: 2 | Tags: none