THE LANCASTRIA

... THE LANCASTRIA Colwyn Bay Man's Ordeal , Now that the story of the loss of the Lancastria has been told we are able to ! publish a statement which was made to a Weekhi News reporter by a Colwyn Bay man who was a survivor. He is Private , H. G. Griffiths ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: North Wales Weekly News
County: Denbighshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 371 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE LANCASTRIA

... THE LANCASTRIA. NEW YORK, Today. Boats and rafts were machine-gunned by German ’planes which bombed and sank the Cunard White Star liner Lancastria off Brest, according to a report in the New York Sun. The Lancastria, 16,243 tons, was carrying 6,000 people ...

Published: Thursday 25 July 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LANCASTRIA

... LANCASTRIA MR.. DUFF COOPER, Minister of Information, yesterday in the House of Commons gave the country his reasons for withholding the news of the bombing and sinking of thy: Lancastria. Mr. Cooper was in an apologetic and fumbling state of mind. And ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 242 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ON THE LANCASTRIA

... ON THE LANCASTRIA Among those saved when the Lancastria was torpedoed of St. Nazaire France, was: Pte. Bill King, 21, the Buffs, whose wife and 11-months-old son Billy live at Staple. near Canterbury. Pte. King cannot swim, nor had he a lifebelt. After ...

Published: Friday 16 August 1940
Newspaper: Kentish Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Lancastria

... Captain Sharp was the last man aboard as the Lancastria began to sink. He was struggling in the water when Dr. Shaw, who is a strong swimmer, dived from a boat and rescued him.—B.U.P. FAMOUS CRUISE LINER The Lancastria, formerly the Tyrrhenia and registered ...

Published: Thursday 25 July 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 566 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Lancastria

... The liner in which I was having breakfast was the Lancastria. The Arandora Star was sunk U-boat early this month while carrying German and Italian internees from Britain to Canada, and the Lancastria is now reported to have been bombed and sunk by German ...

LANCASTRIA SINKING

... LANCASTRIA SINKING Mr. Duff Cooper, asked whether an official statement could be made to alleviate the anxiety dependents and relatives of men who were on board the Lancastria, said that as all known facts had been stated, nothing further could be done ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 92 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LANCASTRIA HEROES-

... LANCASTRIA HEROES- As a wslcome contrast to sandbaggtd stmts and shelttrs this harvest plelurs at Conalston I* reminder of still paacaful countrysida. ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 22 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Lancastria

... The Lancastria It is possible that in his statement yesterday about the sinking of the Lancastria Mr. Duf! Cooper was giving the view* not of the Ministry of Information but of another department. It was in any case singularly unconvincing. It may be ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

IN LANCASTRIA

... IN LANCASTRIA. Corporal F. C. Berry, of the I RA.F.. elder son of Mrs. Berry, of 3. South Street. Valley Road,. Shipley, is now home on sick leave. He was on board the Lancastria when it was struck by a bomb. Although a non-swimmer. 11(.1 succeeded ...

Published: Thursday 22 August 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 425 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Lancastria Wedding

... Lancastria Wedding THE bridegroom and most of the guests at an Aberdeen wedd:ng yesterday were survivors from the Lancastria, sunk during the evacuation from France. Bridegroom was Major H. L. Seymour-Thomas. and the bride was Sister Ruth Dyke, of South ...

Published: Sunday 04 August 1940
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

SINKING OF THE LANCASTRIA

... SINKING THE LANCASTRIA Bomb Down The Funnel ...

Published: Thursday 25 July 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7 | Page: 6 | Tags: none