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DUNKIRK EVACUATION

... DUNKIRK EVACUATIO Chesterfield Sailor Describes Historic Scene How Enemy Attacks Failed Aboard one of the ships that took in the evacuation of the B.E.F. part from Dunkirk was ums ae a _— Able-seaman &. Whitham, 19-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Whitham ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 391 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE RETREAT FROM DUNKIRK

... THE RETREAT FROM DUNKIRK lIORSLEX WOODHOUSE PRIVATE WOUNDED. Writing from hospital in England to a friend in Ripley, Pte. If. Brown (Sherwood Foresters), of Belsky Wood. house, gives an account of tho retreat appended being extracts:—We retreated at 12 ...

ALLIES IN FEROCIOUS FIGHT AT DUNKIRK

... ALLIES IN FEROCIOUS FIGHT AT DUNKIRK losses enormous Effective defence v CONTINUES troops leave ' V es have continued uninterruptedly with the r ' their troops from Dunkirk, the fighting a ferocit unparalleled in the present camlng to reports reaching ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1387 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GERMANS BOMB AND SHELL DUNKIRK

... GERMANS BOMB AND SHELL DUNKIRK ALLIED AIRCRAFT SPOT IMPORTANT MOVES EVACUATION SPEED-UP British and French soldiers evacuated from Flanders reached British ports to-day and shared a single hope— that was to get back to the battle zone and have another ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1459 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DERBY MAN'S ORDEAL AT DUNKIRK

... DERBY MAN'S ORDEAL AT DUNKIRK MACHINE-GUNNED AND BOMBED ALL DAY OOMBED and machine-gunned while leaving Dunkirk Derby man serving with the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, as now in a north country hospital. He is Sergeant W. Brailsford, whose home address ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 340 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

K11.1.F.1) AT DUNKIRK

... K11.1.F.1) AT DUNKIRK Official news has been received this week that Pte. George Edward Clarke. of 52. City-road. Seddon. was killed in action during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Pte. Clarke was in the Royal Army Service Corps and prior to the outbreak ...

Published: Friday 12 July 1940
Newspaper: Long Eaton Advertiser
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: | Words: 132 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

M.P. AND MEN FROM DUNKIRK

... M.P. AND MEN FROM DUNKIRK . \ Sloan (Lab., Ayr and Bute) i* , fl ; k the Secretary for War next i whether he is aware that men the British Expeditionary Force who orrived in England from JJunkirk were & cunpliel with railway vouchers n their homes, that ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK LIFEBOATS BEAR OWN COST

... DUNKIRK LIFEBOATS BEAR OWN COST The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has told the Ministry of Shipping that it does not wish the Government to pay any of the cost to the Institution of sending of its lifeboats to help in the evacuation of the B.E.F ...

Published: Saturday 20 July 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 170 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRITAIN LOST 24,000 TONS MERCHANT SHIPPING AT DUNKIRK

... which tons was lost during the Dunkirk operations. Excluding Dunkirk, the figures were: British. ships, 54.71.} tons; Allied, four ships, 17,913 tons: neutral, three ships, tons; total, ships, 80..>51 tons. Losses at Dunkirk must be regarded far loss than ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LIFEBOAT COXSWAIN WHO REFUSED REQUEST TO GO TO DUNKIRK

... direct to Dunkirk, were instrumental in s&ving many soldiers. COXSWAIN S EXPLANATION Coxswain H. Griggs had been a member of the Hythe lifeboat crew for years. He was said at the time to have declared to an interviewer that he declined to to Dunkirk because ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 6 | Tags: none