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Used at Dunkirk

... Used at Dunkirk Recently I made reference to the splendid results of the Empire effort of the Girl Guides, who collected less than two months as a gift to the nation. Colne Guides, past and present. played their part and made a substantial contribution ...

Published: Friday 05 July 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Back From Dunkirk

... Back From Dunkirk Among the men Dunkirk who liave spent a brief leave in Colne was 2nd Lieut. Robert Shutt, son of Mr. W. Shutt, of Keighley Road. Lieut. Shutt was formerly in the Colne Borough Surveyor’s office, and he served his articles under Mr. T ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 402 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

COLNE SOLDIERS IN DUNKIRK EPIC A VERY HOT TBME

... COLNE SOLDIERS IN DUNKIRK EPIC VERY HOT «Mik part in tin* lighting preceding Ik* uitlulrawal from Dunkirk, and who ■\cr«* amongst ihoso brought hark to this imtry from tliat |M»rt in all km ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 378 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

^—— KILLED IN ACTION NEAR DUNKIRK TRAINING BOYS FOR FARM WORK

... KILLED IN ACTION NEAR DUNKIRK TRAINING BOYS FOR FARM WORK 4 Lancashire Kdncatioii at Preston last Monday decided coofwrate with the Ministry of Agriculture in the training of boys from elementary schools farm workers. Alderman W. E. Hale, chairman the ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 369 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY

... three hectic days and nights his unit retreated 118 miles to Dunkirk. In an interview, Waterworth discussed the retreat and said that the retreating armies were bombed almost continuously. At Dunkirk the men waded out into the water waiting for boats pick ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 429 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BUSMANS HOLIDAY

... trawlers, was given leave just before the Dunkirk evacuation. He got into civilian clothes, liorrowed a civilian identification card and enlisted for service on a small motor boat. He made three trips to Dunkirk before rejoining his trawler. Ant|-jitters ...

Published: Friday 02 August 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

MEMORIALS

... CD« «. OHPBCHB-MIT, OOLKM FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940. The Miracle THE evacuation of our Army and part of th© French Army from Dunkirk has been called miracle. That is not exaggerated term to use. Many of knew quite well what Mr. Churchill meant last week when ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 501 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THANKS FOR SYMPATHY

... intervi** that wen* troubled by German in buck to Dunkirk, bombs were falling all around and sour* luid come within a close distance of him, but was able to get to the jMirt in safety. not to Dunkirk at six o’cloek on the Monday morning, but was not until ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 590 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOGO

... began to make their way to Dunkirk. “We had pass through a bott)en«*ek created by the Germans at Poperinglie,” said Private Sliaekleton. “There were thousands of troops all regiments going through, all making towards Dunkirk, and it was there that the ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1371 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HIGHAM

... Lima, South America, escaped ill fleet from the recent serious earthquake. From Dunkirk. Private Harry Webster enjoying a hriei leave following hi* deliverance tom the Dunkirk inferno. Harry, who is only 21 years of ago, was Higham s first recruit under ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 418 | Page: 5 | Tags: none