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Dunkirk

... Dunkirk 5 Ships Sunk Convoy * THE Admiralty issued the following cwmmnlffh last night:— A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried out by our forces last night. Fires were seen to have been caused, and it Is considered that much damage resulted ...

At Dunkirk

... At Dunkirk Mr. Siddcns served as chaplain with the B.EF. from last January to the evacuation from Dunkirk. The kind of man he Is may be gathered from the number of times he did not board boat that would have carried him away from the shelled, bombed and ...

AT DUNKIRK

... Wirnb• wish him all the best in the biggest part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. the Mines Department branch of the, well lad in the Forces: the more the'lob he has tackled. While at Dunkirk he was batman and, Civil Service in London. When home merrier. One ...

Dunkirk Rescue

... Dunkirk Rescue D.S.M. FOR SAILOR OF H.M.S. PEMBROKE A sailor who saved the lives of several soldiers of the sth Batt. King's Own Royal Regiment buried in the debris of a bombed house in Dunkirk is to receive the Distinguished Service Medal. He is Able-Seaman ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 357 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Shambles

... Dunkirk Shambles SELBY SOLDIERS ON NAZI RUTHLESSNESS Two Selby soldiers have described their experiences in the battle for the ports, one being engaged in the evacuation of Boulogne and the other in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Lance-Corporal George William ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AFTER DUNKIRK

... AFTER DUNKIRK Lance-Bdr. Bob Swatman, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Swat man. of 22, Eoseberry-road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, and who was in the B.E.F. evacuation from Dunkirk, has been having a few daye leave on Tees-side. Before the outbreak of the ...

KILLED AT DUNKIRK

... KILLED AT DUNKIRK SON OF WELL-KNOWN COTTINGHAM MAN The parents of Troop-Sergeant- Major Thomas Wyatt Arbon, of Northgate. Cottingham, have received official notification of his death while on active service Mr C. H. Arbon, his father, was clerk to the ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 137 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ABOUT DUNKIRK

... ABOUT DUNKIRK I am told there are too many books being written about Dunkirk already. 1 doubt that statement, as too much cannot be writen on such an epic. Anyway, there is room for this soireture gay (not always), personal account the adventures a British ...

FROM DUNKIRK

... FROM DUNKIRK A South Elmsall lad who was evacuated from Dunkirk is William 'Howes (26), elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Howes. of 8. Chapel Lane. William is a member of a family with a remarkable record in the last war, in which his father, three brothers ...

The Dunkirk Retreat

... The Dunkirk Retreat Among those present were several padres who saw service France and were evacuated from Dunkirk. The Rev. V. D. Slddons, Methodist padre, who served a combatant the Northampton Regiment, and in the Flying Corps in the last war, gave ...

Published: Friday 09 August 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Work

... Dunkirk Work Appealing for more support. Aid. Bretherick said that IB lifeboats helped In the evacuation of Dunkirk. To replace the one lost and repair the other 18 boats, was costing the Institlon £B.OOO. The lifeboat services round the 500 miles our ...