... Territorials. In the present war he was engaged with his regiment in the 8.E.F.. and was with the rearguard in Flanders during the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was at first reported missing, but is now known to have been taken prisoner. Col. Gilmore, who ...

... of distinguished services in connection with operations in the field, March-June, 1940, that is, in France and Flanders before the evacuation of Dunkirk. The names of the officers are as follows: Commands and Staff. Col. (Temp. Brig.) W. E. Duncan, C.V ...

... WITH THE GLOUCESTERS IN FLANDERS STIRRING STORY OF EPIC CAMPAIGN QECOND LIEUT. MICHAEL SBEPHARD, who served in a battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment with the B.E.F. since first they went to France, and throughout the Flanders campaign, ending with ...

... Admiral Abrial, who commands the French naval forces assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Admiral, who is 60, was a member of the Supreme Naval Council when war broke out ...

... MEN'S EPIC FIGHTS IN FLANDERS HOW THE CARRIERS WENT INTO ACTION MICHAEL SHEPHERD, who is the son of the °nt' kesbury Coroner (Dr. W. Hopper Shepherd) 11165 to - da y his story of the epic struggle of a Glouces ll e Battalion in Flanders. lATfcb^-.. lull ...

... of a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture. His brother, Captain S. T. Irwin, R.A.M.C., was also in Flanders and was evacuated. Their father is a Belfast surgeon. Paul Cooke, the English Rugby international, who was a second-lieutenant, in ...

... Gloucesters Mentioned In Dispatches In the week-end list of honours for distinguised services in Flanders and France from March to June before the evacuation from Dunkirk are the following officers and men of Gloucestershire battalions mentioned in dispatches ...

... remains in Flanders. Among those safely landed in England were increasing numbers of General Prioux's gallant French Army who had hacked their way through to Dunkirk. They were remarkably fit and confident. Trains carrying Tommies back from Flanders were running ...

... staying. ■» * * * Admiral Abrial, who is in command of the French naval forces which have been assisting in the, evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. ...

... wounded in Belgium before the evacuation of Dunkirk. Capt. Brasington comes from Cirencester. He served throughout the last war with another battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, having enlisted in 1909. Ee was in- Flanders this time and fought his way ...

... on the return home of French civilian refugees to restart industries and bring in the harvest. German troops have hegun evacuating Lyons, the Rhone Valley and Savoy, hut will not retire fully to the armistice line till the West Count strip of French territory ...

... NAZIS CLAIM 19 SHIPS SUNK BIG RAID OFF FLANDERS A special announcement by the German High Command, which was read over the official German wireless to-day, claims that strong units of the German Air Force yesterday evening attacked British warships ...