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THE WAR BONUS

... members who arc also serving officers have expressed a wish to discuss the chain events which led up to the evacuation of Dunkirk, and others would like the House to consider the responsibility past and present members of the Government for alleged in ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 483 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

INSTITUTION THE BELFAST BRANCH GALLANTRY OF CREWS

... secretary of the Institution. Mr. Fuge told of the part played by the life-boat service in the evacuation the troops from Dunkirk, and said that one boat had brought back a total of 2,800 men. The R.N.L.I. service, Mr. Fuge said, was the finest thing we ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 477 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

REPORTED MISSING

... Lance-Bombardier E. M‘ C 1 e William Street, and Gunner Hamilton Foster Place. Lurgan, who were wounded during the air raids over Dunkirk, are in hospital in England. “MISSING” MEN SAFE Henry M’Ateer, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lancasterian Street. ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 477 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

FINAL APPEAL TO AMERICA

... smash, had no doubt of the final result the war. They did not doubt the future of the country. “The. heroism of the armies of Dunkirk has been surpassed in the battles which have been fought from the sea to the Argonne. The soul of France is not conquered ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 755 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

31 OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED MANY IN 12th LANCERS

... 12th Lancers, a mechanised unit. The awards were, for daring actions or skilful leadership the course of the retirement to Dunkirk. Lieut. Colonel Herbert Lumsden, M.C. (12th Lancers), was awarded the D.S.O. ‘‘During the whole period of operations,” it ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AROUND AND ABOUT .. GLEANINGS

... uncle, General A. F. Brooke, was one of the three senior officers received by the King the other day on their return from Dunkirk. A cousin, Lieutenant-General Sir Norman Sergison-Brooke, holds one of the most Important commands in England, and another ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 989 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

**BLACK-OUT” fO-SO fa

... Keyes in the Dover Patrol. Admiral Abrial, the Commander of the French Fleet, made history by his magnificent defence of Dunkirk. With regard to the land forces, Lieutenant- General Sir Archibald Wavell, the British Commander-in-Chief, has a fine military ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1107 | Page: 4 | Tags: none