... DUNKIRK Vice-Admiral Tells of the Navy’s Part ...

... DUNKIRK HEROES Mr Attlee said a record was being kept of those who helped in the operations at Dunkirk. but it Na , not possible to have a complete record of those who gallantly gave thei rservices. Mr Ellis Smith asked if the Government %%mild consider ...

... 000 tons were lost during the Dunkirk operations . Excluding Dunkirk , the figures were : — Ships . Tonnage . British 11 54 , 715 Allied . „„„„„; , „ 4 17 . 913 Neutral 3 7 , 923 18 80 , 551 The losses at Dunkirk must be regarded as far less than ...

... The following is au extract• from a letter written to a friend by a Kirkwall nieruher of the B.E.F. who took part in the Dunkirk evacuation: Dear —, • _. . Seeing Fm not doing much to-night. I thought I would just sit down and write you a few lines. ...

... ¢ + > number of Coatbridge and Airdrie boys who were among the heroes of Dunkirk were allowed home hours at the week-end. Others are ex. pected to get leave of absence this week. ...

... Fund. He received it only a couple of days before the withdrawal, and had to leave it, along with his kit, on the beach at Dunkirk. A Gorgie lad, he wishes to thank contributors to the Fund for = their kindness. . Sapper Greig hopes to get home on leave ...

... to tell of what took place during the withdrawal from Belgium. and the frighteome time they had during the evacuation from Dunkirk. All, however. could not say enough or be thankful enough for the great part played by the Navy and the volunteers with their ...

... Mr Attlee, the Lord Privy Seal, said that a record was being kept of all those regularly assisting in the evacuation at Dunkirk. It was not possible to keep a complete reccrd of the many who gallantly gave their services. He would bear in mind the high ...

... ** * * France has another powerful figure who knows the Mediterx-anean well Admix-al Abrial. whose gx-eat defence of Dunkirk will never be fox-gotten and for which he was rightly decorated. He Is France’s No. 1 executive to Darlan. and a vigorous pei'sonality ...

... to Orkney lads serving with the Forces, and they have been particularly plentiful during and &Mee the Flanders battle and Dunkirk evacuation in which the B.E.F. figured. Newp has flashed here and there like wildfire that so and so is missimtdid you hear ...

... them now . If that is done in the spirit of Dunkirk , then -we have won this war . If we can hold out until September , tlion the war is won , M . Maurois said that the evacuation of 335 . 000 from Dunkirk had seemed an impossibility . But gallantry ...

... fully awake and would mobilise as never before, and the British knack of drawing down achievement almost from the emptv air Dunkirk was instance this. I commend it to you as a oortent. said. '* In that sign we shall conquer. ...