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SERGEANT NURSE The British Fighting Man Is Equal To All Emergencies Among the BE.F men who arrived Chesterfield ..

... was not the only strange experience that befel the sergeant during his service Flanders. was one those who out from the beach to taken aboard rescue ship during the evacuation from Dunkirk A rope was thrown to over the ship's side, but somehow became coiled ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 544 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IN KKAKI.I AKI) ACTION

... In his letter. * Bombardier Watts states that his wa. one behind fight rear guard action Bdr. R. V. Watts ing the evacuation from Flanders. Bombardier Watts joined the Army ii. July last with the first Militiamen AND sent overseas in Januat\. i> an insurance ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

APPEAL FOR COST OF AMBULANCE

... APPEAL FOR COST OF AMBULANCE Sit —Owing the evacuation the BK.F. from Norway and Flanders the losses in Red equipment of all sorts has been enormous. The need lor immediate help with replacements was so urgent that at this office felt that we were justified ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 160 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

THE FUNERAL

... THE FUNERAL Gunner Holmes was buried with full military at Held Wednesday, wnen soldiers the B.E.b. recently evacuated ftoni Flanders acted escort and tiling party. The coffin was covered with I Jack and tile top were laid his hat and equipment. A service ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

NOTES BY THE WAY

... happenings in Flanders had been a colossal military disaster to the Allies, but the story was not hard and heavy as he had expected to have to tell last week. Then be thought only some 30.000 of our men would able to be evacuated and that the rest ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 868 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DEATH R. DAY Alfreton Sergeant-Major With Chesterfield Associations Mr Richard Day. of Road Alfreton who died ..

... probation officer for the Aistrict.. He was sligtthy wounded during the fighting in Flanders, and was one of the last Englishmen to leave foreign soil the Dunkirk evacuation, RIPLEY CONSTABLE RETIRES PLY AT BUXTON ALFRETON ANT) TI. After 26 vears service ...

Published: Friday 09 August 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 518 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

TOGETHER IN RETREAT

... retreat from Arras and the evacuation Boulogne. FOOT AMI'L T VTF.L) CHESTERFIELD SOLDIF.R SERIOI'SLY ILL f»te. John Thomas Tarkin fA.M.P.C.i whose home at 23. Warwick Street Old Whittington. Chesterfield, was seriously wounded Flanders and present lying very ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 471 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AIR RAID WARNINGS

... with casualties o! wounded civilians ns well as the sick nd wounded of the fighting forces. Owing to losses in the evacuation from Flanders and France. huge %2 th es of stores. ambulances, have etc., ad to be replnced and this has been a ver matter, Mav ...

Published: Friday 06 September 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 635 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

NOTES BY THE WAY

... greoath of the two great Empires who erat tor Freedom and Justice, not only but) for the World. welter of the happenings in and Flanders, the Norwegian ati has been overlooked, but cum bers We have good news, In the i Narvik as now in Allied len and the German ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1538 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

... Special Appeal A appeal for sock 9 for wounded. sick or combatant soldiers who lost everything thev possessed in the evacuation of Flanders being made this week by the Chesterfield Borough Division of the British Red Cross Society. Socks. Urates the Hon ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1476 | Page: 1 | Tags: none