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Their Dunkirk

... Their Dunkirk Next week 200 veterans of Dunkirk will sail for the beaches on which they fought brilliant rearguard action ten years ago. But they will only see the sand dunes from afar because the British Customs will not permit them to land. The men ...

Published: Saturday 27 May 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK Dur'ng World War 11. he was a stafl-sereeant in the Royal Corns of Transport and was involved in both the retreat from Dunkirk and the Normandy landings. A former pupil of Robert Gordon’s College, he was widower with one son an ...

Published: Thursday 14 March 1974
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 73 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

Dunkirk—the

... Since then, so much has been written about Dunkirk that one is apt to look with jaundiced eye on any new book on the subject. would be a pity if this were happen Richard Collier’s Tlia Sands of Dunkirk,” • for here is Intensely exciting book about ...

Published: Tuesday 06 June 1961
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

“Dunkirk”

... “Dunkirk” GORDON HIGHLANDERS will be seen in the film Dunkirk, which comes to Aberdeen, next week. For three days, the Ist Battalion The Gordon Highlanders, stationed at Dorer, became actors to take part In beach scenes for the him Among them were two ...

Published: Thursday 08 May 1958
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Dunkirk

... Dunkirk Veterans eterans branch meeting will Legion rooms at Peterhead Thursday, at 7.30 p.m: — transport leaves , Aberdeen, at 6.30 p.m: There, will be-no meeting in July..A coffee will be Saturday, September 19. Full details later. ...

Published: Saturday 13 June 1981
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 37 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Dunkirk

... Dunkirk 0 e var Cmdr, Brenot e evacuation from ater served with ench Navy in Algerian waters. f the war he was t cer of a French ) which began its Boi is | r Bergen, Norway. scientifie staff will of deep-sea cur- WALL FALLS ON tWO WORKMEN cust of wind ...

Published: Thursday 13 October 1955
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 90 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK A member of tho 297 (Inverness) Battery. Territorial Army, he was transferred Royal Signals before tho war. He was evacuated from Dunkirk and served in London during the blitz. Ho was later posted to Algiers and served in North Africa for three ...

Published: Monday 04 February 1974
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK”

... DUNKIRK” But Many Anti-Reds Are Left Behind FRENCH UNION forces have successfully completed the evacuation of 1600 square miles of the vital Red River delta in a vast land, sea and air operation, the French High Command announced to-day. The announcement ...

Published: Friday 02 July 1954
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 208 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk

... Dunkirk veteran ...

Published: Wednesday 09 January 1980
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Dunkirk

... Dunkirk The reeult was that some of the arrangement# were rather makeshift Yet. for all that the warmth of the French welcome overcame many obstacles—and the French papers certainly did them proud. One of them —'Xe Nouveau Nord. M with a large circulafon ...

Published: Monday 28 May 1956
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 145 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK Mr Clark recalled that before Dunkirk, the battery had moved six times In 10 days and fired 1000 rounds. Aberdeen members included two father and son partnerships—Mr Alex. Baflett World War I. member) and his son, Alex., and Sgt.*Ma3or George ...

Published: Monday 29 September 1969
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 204 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk

... cleared the land/' DUNKIRK veterans Rem the North-east and ex-prisoners of war from the Highland regiments are taking trip down kseaMrylanfe. To mark the 45th anni- versary of the evacna- tfon of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the capture ...

Published: Friday 01 March 1985
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 360 | Page: 9 | Tags: none