... AFTER DUNKIRK Lance-Bdr. Bob Swatman, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Swat man. of 22, Eoseberry-road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, and who was in the B.E.F. evacuation from Dunkirk, has been having a few daye leave on Tees-side. Before the outbreak of the ...

... ammunition and food, and the departure of troops not needed for the defence of Dunkirk, is proceeding normally and losses are slight. Rearguard Men of Allied units to the of Dunkirk has con■ most favourable con- l fest To *is ii^ u Air Ministry come issued ...

... Military Awards D.L.I. Officer Saved His Battalion HEROES of the withdrawal on Dunkirk are mentioned in War Office awards of ten B.E.F. M.C.s, three D.C.M.s, and seven M.M.s. Those in the Durham lnfantry and Green Howards include two officers the M.C ...

... Refused To Take Lifeboat To Dunkirk INQUIRY has taken place, at the instance of the committee of management of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, into the circumstances in which the crew of the Hythe Lifeboat, when requested by the naval authorities ...

... vehicle and succeeded in bringing out number of wounded left in a monastery that had since caught fire. On his way bark to Dunkirk he collected into his convoy other ambulances which had lost their way. The convoy was suddenly attacked by enemy tanks and ...

... evacuation from Dunkirk. “Some days it was simply hell.” they said. Mr. F. G. (Elwick, whose home 102, Oxford-road, Middlesbrough, and was a Sconter of Settlement Scouts, has arrived safely in 'England from his experiences at Dunkirk, and is well. News ...

... army. Admiral Abrial, hero of Dunkirk, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace to-day. . Admiral Abrial is the French Admiral who was in charge of the embarkation of the B.E.F. and the French troops at Dunkirk, and he was the last to leave ...

... at home. With them are two officers and eight men who went through the Dunkirk hell —and are “laring” to get back to France. One of their colleagues told me: “Those back from Dunkirk hare really had only a day’s leave since they got back, where they were ...

... *** * ♦ Private C. Corner, son of Mr. and M rs. Corner, High-street, Skelton, is home leave from Dunkirk, suffering from a wound in the hand received in action. ** * * Private R. Robinson, son Mr. and rs. J. Robinson, of Dixon-street. Skelton, in hospital ...

... shot down near Calais. While Dunkirk was being evacuated Deere was shot down on the sands of Nieuport and wounded in the head. Using abandoned motor-cars and a motor-cycle, he reached British soldiers on the outskirts of Dunkirk and finally was brought to ...

... GIRL “DIDDLED” THEM People went over to Dunkirk who had business to there. There were Army officers on leave, there were sick officers, there were two members of the Treasury and there was a girl. who. assuming man’s voice, rang up and told the Vessels ...

... the big retreat Had started. It was not until a day or so ago that we received news that he bad been safely evacuated from Dunkirk and is now in the south of England/’ The third son on service is Verdun Leather (23). He joined the Royal Navy when he was ...