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SUBALTERN AT DUNKIRK

... SUBALTERN AT DUNKIRK. GOING THE WHOLE HOG. Dunkirk will go down in the annals of this country as one of the most heroic episodes in our history. Many of our men attribute their deliverance to the prayers of the nation; many found in the of God a free- ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Lisburn Standard
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 363 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WOULD NOT TAKE BOAT

... TAKE BOAT TO DUNKIRK Two Life-boatmen Dismissed The coxswain and motor mechanic of the Hythe (Kent) life-hoat have been dismissed from the life-boat service as a result of a refusal of the crew to assist in the B.E.F. evacuation at Dunkirk. Those members ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CAME THROUGH UNSCATHED

... is only 16 vears oi age, and son of Mrs. E, Nevin, 31 Street, Ballymena, was on: of the thousands of troops evacuated from Dunkirk, and he came through unscathed. He is serving with the Roval Ulster Rifles. ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 46 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GUNNER LECKEY lIISSINC

... Leckey. of the Royal Artillery. is missing. Gunner Leckey. who Prange the Army last October, went to at Christmas. and was at Dunkirk during the evacuation. He is wellknown to Lisburn cricketers as for some years he was assistant groundsman at the local club ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Lisburn Standard
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LISBURN GIFT TO GUNNER

... LISBURN GIFT TO GUNNER. Gunner M'Cabe, 21 Raleigh Street. Crumlin Road, Belfast. who recently arrived home from Dunkirk, and who spent his short leave with his wife's Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, at Strathearne Place, Lisburn, was made the recipient ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 70 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ITALY S ENTRY

... and that the hope of Europe rests on the success of the very forces which have ravished the countries they have invaded. DUNKIRK FRAT O MERCHANT CREWS ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 116 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOW ROAD SOLDIER HONOURED

... Low Road. Lisburn. was honoured by his neighbours and friends when he arrived home tor a brief stay alter the horrors of Dunkirk. A wer e of money and some cigarettes were presented to him. Mr. Robert over the gilts on beholt ld o l i ar the -ourn and ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Lisburn Standard
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NOTES AND NOTIONS

... NOTES AND NOTIONS Ulster Show Season. fanatical •la%c iit lIi, Slah•11 . 11,..11 man l'arher 'woke 6.111 the retreat it) Dunkirk and Part:. t• Mew coral. NIP awdber, in I %Ignisr on en. production safratunni thr %Nal wepplic. of the tuition. Participation ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Witness (Belfast)
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 212 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

appointed

... they wer e determined to maintain and that they had a spirit of t hankfulness for the miraculous deliverance of some from Dunkirk, a deliverance 335,000 men wrought by Almighty God. Their fighting forces deserved to be en- if the re was anything they couraged ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 783 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NORTHERN IRELAND ITEMS

... about was enrolled. A Shane's Castle Soldier -V. A. Kittii« k. dI-*patch rider. Royal Corps of Signals, who escaped from Dunkirk by swimming a mile and half to destroyer, has been presented with a New Testament and gifts of money and cigarettes from the ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1184 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ULSTER NEWS IN BRIEF

... Fusilier.— Fusilier Henrv M'Ateer. Lancasterian Street, Carrlckfergus. who was reported missing when the F. were evacuated from Dunkirk, arrived home on leave during the week. He was presented with a silver cigarette case and wallet notes subscribed bv friends ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 610 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

OBITUARY

... was His uncle, Guoner W. Cotter, R.A., who joined up on the outbreak of hostilities, was one of those taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation, and was home recent- being slightly wounded. ly on sick leave, Reynolds, whose Aircrafteman Walter mother resides ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1669 | Page: 8 | Tags: none