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BRITAIN SPEEDS INDIA WITHDRAWAL

... the announcement. A British War Office spokesman said last night that British Army personnel in India and Pakistan on Independence Day'' —August 15 —amounted to about 50,000 all ranks, and that repatriation had been proceeding smoothly since then. Any ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1947
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 193 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

PLANS TO HASTEN WITHDRAWAL

... embarkation programme. A British War Office spokesman said last night that British Army personnel in India and Pakistan on Independence Day. August 15, amounted to about 50,000 all ranks, arid that repatriation had been proceeding smoothly since then. An Air ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1947
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Black-Out By Rubber Blaze

... 19. Peak figures were 662. Archbishop of York left Northolt airport to-day for Prague for to-morrow's .Czech National Independence Day celebrations. Hibernating.—Southern Railway's Devon Belle has been withdrawn for the winter. Back A Bit.—Cave explorers ...

Published: Monday 27 October 1947
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 507 | Page: 4 | Tags: none