SOUTH CROYDON

... feature of last Hundara service address, which was given by Lieut. Beresford Mask who taken part in the retreat from Flanders and the evacuation of Dunkirk. After hours spent on the beach at Dunkirk. Lieut. Mash was taken off On a destroyer which was subsequently ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BIRTHDAY GIFT. Parcel Found On Field of Flanders

... BIRTHDAY GIFT. Parcel Found On Field of Flanders. A birthday present sent off by her soldier son in Flanders before the evacuation from Dunkirk has just been received by Mrs. A. (ireig, of Bonnygate, Coupar Angus, Fifeshire. The parcel, battered and torn ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DO YOU KNOW!

... will be run on Wednesday next? Do You KNow— That 385,000 Allied troops have been saved from the jaws of death in Flanders? The evacuation of the troops was a magnificent achievement. Do You KNOW — That there are 697,728 workers in South Wales but only ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Caerphilly Journal
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Y.111.11A. MI WAR SERVISE. lams BMW Iyasesties tram Rimisrs

... provide for the comfort .tod welltwin; to those on the sorreird heavy losses In material, stores. and equipment in the evacuation Flanders. Actual losses inelttrle IS fully equip/red centres, three huts, and large port hostel, which have fallen into enemy ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Witness (Belfast)
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Send Card. We will collect any quantity. Best Prices Paid PORT TALBOT SOLDIERS PORT TALBOT ROTARY'S HONOURED ..

... duties with zeal and enthusiasm, and Street, Taibach, after taking part in I said he hoped that it would not be long the Flanders evacuation. 'before he would preside over the club's The gifts were subscribed by the meetings under more peaceful conneighbours ...

Published: Friday 05 July 1940
Newspaper: Porthcawl Guardian
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 734 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Monday. EXPRESS A ECHO June 3rd, imo

... Monday. EXPRESS A ECHO June 3rd, BISHOP GIVES THANKS TO THE B.E.F. Soldiers From Flanders Attend Exeter Church Parade ATTERED by their experiences In the Flanders evacuation, but benefited by their brief rest and refreshment in the city, many members the ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 1027 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH

... The bridegroom gave to the bride a necklace which had brought from Brussels where he had been stationed before the Flanders evacuation. The bridesmaid received a gold bangle and necklace her gifts. , As the happy couple left the church, the bride was ...

Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Ormskirk Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 927 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

’PLANE TRUTH

... ’PLANE TRUTH NOTHING in the annals of war equals the amazing story, which is still being added to, of the Battle of Flanders and the evacuation of the B.E.F. But this epic is not only for wondering admiration. Amidst the paeans and the tributes, the study ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 304 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

* * *

... * * * Flanders, 1940 I suggest that a special! medal he struck at once for issue to all our heroes who took part in the battles in Flanders and the evacuation. The colouring of the ribbon to be blood-red (Flanders poppies), bisected with bars of Air Force ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 320 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Welsh Welcome For BJE*F* Men Evacuated From Dunkirk

... Welsh Welcome For BJE*F* Men Evacuated From Dunkirk From early morning to late at night Saturday troop trains reached Cardiff carrying several thousands of the heroes the Flanders evacuation. The majority of the trains passed through the city on their ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1245 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DO YOU KNOW!

... will be run on Wednesday next? Do You KNow— That 385,000 Allied troops have been saved from the jaws of death in Flanders? The evacuation of the troops was a magnificent achievement. Do Yot KNOW — That there are 697,723 workers in South Wales but only ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 538 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GLOUCESTERS' C.O. A PRISONER

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 25 July 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 379 | Page: 1 | Tags: none