... been spending short leave at home after the trying time be spent in the Dunkirk evacuation tie states that he was a member of the very last party to Tet away. When I reached Dunkirk, he says, one leg of my trousers was blown off, the garment having ...

... F. G. liontes Woodville Granville Working Party to Prixate Cotton, who then to France. The parcel found its way hack from Dunkirk. and a kw days ago reached the man at a town in Wale This affords a striking exampie of the excellence of the Army postal ...

... now officially announced that Captain Arthur Cecil Pet kit, wa- killed in action at the end of last month, whtle returning Dunkirk. He married Miss Huth Wragg, daughter of Mr. iferbert Wragg. M Dretby Douse. Horton, and there are One on and . one daughter ...

... whose home is 43, Hall Street, played a leading part In helping a Dutch mother and her children so escape from the horror of Dunkirk, and his father, Mr. I. Whitudser, has received a touching letter from her. is now in Loudon, and signs herself Akkerman. ...

... after being bombed and machine-gunned, we got the men on to the boats, which were standing several miles up the coast from Dunkirk. At one cross-roads on the way there was a 'red cap' directing traffic, and by means of holding up the columns of vehicles ...

... Gratitude. The letter from a Dutch nsother to Mr. J. Whittaker. of Hall Streqt. Churn Gresley, father of one of the :heroes ot Dunkirk. which was published In the Burton Daily Mall on 'Thursday, must have made a deep appeal to the sympathies of readers. This ...

... Alfred Payne, son of Mr. Fred Payne. of Bridgeside. Drakelow, will be pleased to hear that he is isafe in England. having left Dunkirk last Sunday week. He was attached to the Royal Artillery who fought the rearrald action, covering the embarkation of the B ...

... to France last month from my ten days' leave. I am now safely hack in England after a thrilling experience getting through Dunkirk I did not realise when I sat opening the parcel in the old barn in this village, that I should be back in England again within ...

... machine-gun bullets, and the enemy 'planes pursued us until we were out on Cie water. I reached the coast several miles from Dunkirk Saturday orning, and had to throw at.ay part of my kit an I swim for tne boat which carried us to a warship, where we crowded ...

... on Tuesday if he would give him a souvenir for nis little daughter, and he said the only thing he had wben he arrived at Dunkirk was a shirt and a collar stud. When the officers and men saw the splendidly decorated tables with abundance of good things ...

... Lieutenant-Colonel) D. C. Butterworth, of the North Staffordshire Regiment, on being awarded the D.S.O. for his splendid work at Dunkirk. As Captain Butterworth, he will be remembered tor his stay inthe town which extended over a perioU of years. During the last ...