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28 June 1940 (7)

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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

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

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

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

The Importance of the French Fleet

... and almost equal in strength to that of Germany and Italy. It has suffered only trifling losses during the war. Until the Dunkirk operations it suffered practically none. In one category only did the French lag a little behind the Italians—in their 35 ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1019 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Generals in Battle Lead Charmed Lives

... Generals in Battle Lead Charmed Lives THE graphic story told by a Belfast despatch rider of how, during the evacuation 1,,,a1 Dunkirk, Lord Gort continued to issue instructions to his officers although overhead German bombers were raining down their cargoes ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 960 | Page: 6 | Tags: none