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... W. T. CULVER `MANY Tynemouth men are among the members of the gallant B.E.F. who took part in the Flanders evacuation and who are now known to be safe in this country. Several of these soldiers have been in the service since the start of the, war. News ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 281 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CHEERS FOR NAVY

... CHEERS FOR NAVY The Army's gratitude to the Navy for its brilliant part in the Flanders evacuation was shown at a South of England reception camp on Saturday. A general was speaking to men who, like himself, bad just got back from the war zone. •• Who ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 247 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

“ We Shall Succeed ”

... whether the Canadians would continue as home defence troops England or join the B.E.F. in France. In a reference to the Flanders evacuation. Mr. Mackenzie King said the combined actions of the Allied armies, navies and air forces brought greater cause for ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 510 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

OVER FRANCE

... OVER FRANCE ANOTHER North Shields B.E.F. soldier who took part in the Also Warning in . Flanders evacuation has returned home. Paris This Morning He is Sapper Robert Falconer Hardy (20), 011 l Sandringham Gar- Paris, Friday. dens, and is the only child ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 606 | 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

’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

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... impressions of the homecoming of the British Expeditionary Force from their grim battle in Northern France and Flanders proof this evacuation is of the spirit of British soldiers and British sailors. An Army Corps commander said to me soon after he stepped ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 385 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES

... FRONTS Warwickshire can claim a proud, but tragic share in the memorable rearguard action fought by the B.E.F. in Flanders and the evacuation from Dunkirk. Stratford-on-Avon sent its Territorials into this fight, together with many men belonging to other ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 587 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... of thl-vear retail for A in laurels knows BFF BEF a tonic to of people I don't what the to after gruelling in Flanders and Dunkirk evacuation Perhaps to and drawn strain overwrought by horrors they endured E answer to jitterbugs” in Our pluck the power ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2234 | Page: 4 | Tags: none