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COXSWAINS DECORATED

... COXSWAINS DECORATED Ferried Troops from Dunkirk The Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry and determination when ferrying troops from the beaches at Dunkirk has been conferred upon Mr. Howard Primrose Cooper Knight, coxswain Ramsgate life-boat, and ...

Published: Friday 27 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DAYLIGHT RAIDS

... DAYLIGHT RAIDS Harassing Tactics at Invasion Ports Daylight raids on Calais, Ostend, Dunkirk, and Veere were carried out on Monday afternoon by medium bombers rj the Royal Air Force, states the Air Ministry. At Veere, on the Dutch island Walcheren, a ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 146 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DE TO SOLDIERS

... never said that there was sugar England, or that the people there were starving. The soldiers asked him what he thought of Dunkirk, aijd he said it could not be helped: that it was a good enough per* formance on the part of the British Navy in getting the ...

Published: Tuesday 03 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 208 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RS RETURN

... the main basins on shipping on the jetty formerly used by cross-Channel steamers and on the southern half the Mole. Dunkirk At Dunkirk extensive damage was caused by medium and heavy bombers, which scored direct hits docks and harbour equipment. In the ...

Published: Tuesday 17 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ULSTERMAN HONOURED

... ULSTERMAN HONOURED For Services Rendered at Dunkirk The King has honoured members the crew of H.M. transport Dorrlen Rose, “for good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches at Dunkirk.” The honours Include the award of a bar to ...

Published: Tuesday 10 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 471 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

INVASION PORTS ABLAZE

... train. Strong forces of bombers also attacked docks, harbours and shipping at the enemy-occupied ports of Flushing, Antwerp, Dunkirk, Ostend, Zeebrugge, Calais, Le Havre, Harfleur and Brest. From these widespread operations all of our aircraft returned safely ...

Published: Tuesday 24 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PRISONER IN GERMANY

... who has been six years in the Army, was captured on his birthday, May 26. He was in charge a party of men on the beach at Dunkirk when last seen by some men his regiment who were evacuated. ...

Published: Friday 06 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 84 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DISTINGUISHED CAREER

... operations In France. Including the Dunkirk evacuation. Major-General Eastwood served with distinction on the General Staff under Lord Gort, and immediately under General Pownall whom he now succeeds. Since the Dunkirk evacuation he has commanded a division ...

Published: Saturday 28 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 321 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE INVASION FLEET

... attempt at molestation by air or sea. DAYLIGHT RAIDS Harassing Tactics at Invasion Ports Daylight raids on Calais, Ostend, Dunkirk, and Veere were carried out on Monday afternoon by medium bombers °f the Royal Air Force, states the Air Ministry. At Veere ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 331 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LIFE-BOAT FINANCE

... Captain Fuge said the amount realised had exceeded £l,OOO. Alluding to the -ery splendid part played by lifeboats during the Dunkirk evacuation, he said one boat was lost and two were damaged. The part they played in that big task had cost the R.N.L.A. more ...

Published: Friday 20 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ULSTER AND THE WAR Strabane Survivor of Destroyer Ivanhoe Among the survivors of the destroyer Ivanhoe is A.B. ..

... took part in tbi second battle of Narvik, the Altman; incident, the engagement with tin Scharnhorst, and the evacuation from Dunkirk. Mr. Daniel Hill, New Street, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone, has been informed that his son, Corporal Patrick Hill, cf the Royal ...

Published: Monday 09 September 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 6 | Tags: none