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Irish Links With Dunkirk

... Irish Links With Dunkirk HOn far foreign fte:ds from Dunkirk to Be grade I Lie the so.dters and chiefs of the Irish Brigade THE Irish Brigade (although broken 1 up during the French Revolution) had remarkable associations with Dunkirk. and Irishmen nobly ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ONE OF DUNKIRK HEROES

... ONE OF DUNKIRK HEROES Pilot-Officer David Whitley. 21-yearoW son of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Whitley, 51, De Parys Avenue, Bedford, has been killed during air operations. Pilot-Officer Whitley was horn in Belfast and received part his early education at ...

Published: Wednesday 04 September 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ULSTER DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK

... ULSTER DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK BOMBED FOR EIGHTEEN HOURS OFFICERS’ STORIES Ulstermen played a gallant part in the defence Dunkirk and in giving cover to the 8.8. F. from attacks by German aircraft. Lieutenant W. Cecil M’Kee, member of Belfast City Council ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAS LAST SEEN AT DUNKIRK

... WAS LAST SEEN AT DUNKIRK. Mr. and Mrs. J. Blair, 257 Matilda Street. Belfast, have received information that their son, Rifleman John Blair. R.U.R., who was last seen at Dunkirk. has been posted as missing. Prior to being called up, Rifleman Blair, who ...

Published: Tuesday 06 August 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 77 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A STORY OF DUNKIRK

... A STORY OF DUNKIRK We all came from God, and so there was a bit of the Divine in each of us. So far as he could see, many people were now regaining their faith, because they saw a world being wrecked as though the Devil were let loose. They were beginning ...

Published: Tuesday 31 December 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 710 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MEN IN THE DUNKIRK EPIC

... MEN IN THE DUNKIRK EPIC. APPRECIATIVE NEIGHBOURS. Private John Payne, Spring Street, and Gunner Harry Magill, MaYmount Street. survivors of Dunkirk, each received a presentation from their neighbours and friends on Monday evening to mark their safe return ...

Published: Tuesday 18 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BACK FROM DUNKIRK

... BACK FROM DUNKIRK. Mr. George Neill. of Drumgullion, Stewartstown. has received a letter from his son. Corporal Neill, of the R.I. Fusiliers, informing him that he is well and in England. He is a well-known boxer. Corporal Edward Coomey, another well-known ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 71 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

A DUNKIRK HERO

... A DUNKIRK HERO Racing along trawler’s deck through clouds of scalding steam from boilers which threatened to explode at any moment, Petty-Officer Neil Maclean Speed saved the lives of hundreds of men during the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was awarded ...

Published: Monday 21 October 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WAS LAST SEEN AT DUNKIRK

... WAS LAST SEEN AT DUNKIRK DURING THE EVACUATION, MISSING ULSTER GUNNER. Last seen in Dunkirk during the evacuation, Gunner John Campbell, RA., whose wife and eight-year-old son reside at 8 Flora Street. Beersbridge Road, Belfast, is reported missing. He ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 67 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HOME FROM DUNKIRK

... HOME FROM DUNKIRK The members of the club were delighted to have back with them, looking fit and well. Gunner Cecil Macaulay, who. already mentioned, sailed ffrenc in one of the races. During his leave the owners and crews of the 16ft Class boats took ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 378 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FRENCH NAVY HOLDS DUNKIRK

... FRENCH NAVY HOLDS DUNKIRK Air Forces Continually in Action to Cover Retirement THE great battle in Northern France is approaching its * climax. Fighting incessant rearguard actions against odds, British and French troops are retiring towards the coast ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

QUEKN CHATS WITH DUNKIRK HEROES

... QUEKN CHATS WITH DUNKIRK HEROES When the Queen informally viaited the Over-Seas Club, Loudon, yesterday a number of New Zealand and Canadian airmen, Newfoundland troops. South African sailors, and nurses from overseas, including some Australian nurses ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 3 | Tags: none