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ILKESTON WEDDING

... the Johb over have a BRANDY and SODA DERBYSHIRE B.E.F. MAN ACTS AS POSTMAN FROM FLANDERS A birthday present sent off by her aoldier son in Flanders before the evacuation from Dunkirk has just been received by Mrs. A. Greig, of Coupar— Angus, Fifeshire ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 512 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EVENING TELEGRAPH MONDAY JUNE 1940 CHRISTIANS JUSTIFIED IN GOING TO AR H- ' OF GRIMSBY AND STAKE ' TF a

... MARMALADE Made CROSBIE’S PURE FOOD To LTD MARKET RASEN’S WAR CASUALTIES Arthur Smith ahd Downs Market bad the in the of evacuation Flanders are reported to be good fcPtogi'ess in Air had knee leg fractured while Mr front Dunkirk shrapnel is injury CAISTOR ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Grimsby Daily Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 4021 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1050 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SERGEANT NURSE The British Fighting Man Is Equal To All Emergencies Among the BE.F men who arrived Chesterfield ..

... was not the only strange experience that befel the sergeant during his service Flanders. was one those who out from the beach to taken aboard rescue ship during the evacuation from Dunkirk A rope was thrown to over the ship's side, but somehow became coiled ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Derbyshire Times
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 544 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

..'s RETURN Only One Division Still Left

... remains in Flanders. Covered by the Allies' desperate rearguard action in Flanders, tens of thousands of British soldiers, and French, too, continued to pour into Iglsgland today, as 4rom one 100,000 EVACUATED MORE than 100,000 men have been evacuated from ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 178 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

PLAN TO B.E.F

... ' ' k - • 4 . . . . .. HELLO, BLIGHTY! Some of the B.E.F. arriving in England after the bitter fighting in their evacuation from Flanders. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 70 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BADBY SERVICES

... BADBY SERVICES Thanksgiving services for the safe evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders took place at Badby Parish Church and also at Newnham on Sunday. The Vicar (the Rev. L. H. H. Green) conducted the services and at evensong spoke on National Savings ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Northampton Mercury
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 43 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THEY MET IN SEA OFF DUNKIRK

... e told yesterday by a Campbeltown (Scotland) man who took part in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders. “My ship was among the first to reach Dunkirk to begin the evacuation. he said. ‘The tea close m snore was black with soldiers standing up to ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 144 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SWANWICK MAN'S ESCAPE

... meeting Alfreton Urban Council last night that the members would be glad hear that his junior assistant had been safely evacuated from Flanders. He was referring to Signaller Frederick Hanbury, of School-street, Swanwick, who was a member of the B.E.F. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 52 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

He Spent His 21st Birthday in Action

... Harry Holier, of Earl Howestreet, Leicester, who is home on leave after taking part in the evacuation of Dunkirk, spent his 21st birthday i n action in Flanders. Pte. Holler. who Joined The Leicesters hir Regiment last October, w a employed In the Evening ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 90 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CROPW'ELL BISHOP

... relatives were re. lieved their anxiety when news cams that those men from the village serving with the B.E.F. in Flanders were safe. Evacuation.—On Sunday, the officer and helpers attended the cil school to receive the children co«JJJ2 the village from Yarmouth ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Grantham Journal
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

PTE. W. G. LEE

... Matlock Road, who has been out with the B.E.F. in Flanders, has been home on leave. Joining up as a Territorial with the 2ndiSth Sherwood Foresters, Pte. Lee endured all the hardships when being evacuated from Dunkirk. lie said they had a marvellous reception ...