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Dunkirk

... Dunkirk We are told both in History and Story, Of the battles that Britain has won, Of the men who subscribed to her Glo And the deeds that these Heroes have zme. But what of that grand little Army, Who fighting through daylight and dark, With unbroken ...

Published: Wednesday 10 May 1995
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK VICTIM

... DUNKIRK VICTIM The last of the Packenhams was killed on the beaches at Dunkirk and Langford Lodge to-day is the site of one of Ulster’s most important industries . . . the Martin-Baker firm which manufactures aircraft ejector seats and employs in the ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1969
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 204 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Revenge for Dunkirk

... Revenge for Dunkirk FOR the regular battalions of the Royal Ulster Rifles the four arduous years of training and preparation were almost at an end by the spring of 1940. The Ist Rifles had been incorporated into the Sixth Airborne Division and had adopted ...

Published: Thursday 31 May 1984
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 147 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Veteran for Dunkirk

... Veteran for Dunkirk THE Ballymena area will have a proud representative at the annual Dunkirk com- | memorative ceremonies this weekend. Mr. Robert Sunley, of Coreen, Broughshane, who holds 21 decorations for Army service during the Second World War, ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1980
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 89 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk veteran quits

... Dunkirk veteran quits MR. SAM Ramsay, of Maybin Park, Kells, foreman millwright at Kildrum by works, locally known as Hanna's Green, was presented with a clock and his wife received a wristlet watch at an informal ceremony last week. He had decided to ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1979
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 319 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK SQUAD PASSES OuT

... DUNKIRK SQUAD PASSES OuT OF THE 22-STRONG Dunkirk Squad at the monthly recruits’ passing out parade at the North Irish Brigade Depot last week were two soldiers with family connections with the army, but it s interesting to note that neither of them has ...

Published: Thursday 06 October 1966
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 280 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Dunkirk – local men tell their stories

... Sunley from Broughshane and his comrades from the Dunkirk Veterans’' Association, John Cameron and Georfle Rodgers, each have their own personal stories to tell. morSmleyisbolderof, among others, the Dunkirk M ,AlbertMedalandtheVeteransof%leopold Cross. These ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 556 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

These veterans will present a perpetual trophy to Dunkirk Platoon for competition among all future members. X ..

... These veterans will present a perpetual trophy to Dunkirk Platoon for competition among all future members. X Veterans of Dunkirk who attenaed the Royal Insn Rangers Passing-c passed out was named in their honour 28, 1985 z‘ elMua. Na =WL EREN T - e s ...

Published: Thursday 28 February 1985
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 441 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

il B NI TV a¥ FLAMINGO ERENCH. SIDE OF DUNKIRK EVACUATION

... il B NI TV a¥ FLAMINGO ERENCH. SIDE OF DUNKIRK EVACUATION THE storv of the Dunkirk evacuation is unfolded at the STATE on Monday and Tuesday—but this time it is seen from the French viewpoint ) 1 111 of actior Jean-Paul Catherine titles som from films ...

Published: Thursday 16 March 1967
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 126 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Major OUphant came out of Dunkirk after landing in France Jn 1939 with the Royal Artillery. He became personal ..

... Major OUphant came out of Dunkirk after landing in France Jn 1939 with the Royal Artillery. He became personal secretary to the Conunander-in- Chief. Gibraltar, and was Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General when he went ashore in Normandy with the invasion ...

Published: Friday 09 September 1955
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

yF 4 Major Robert Sunley pictured just before the out break pqy. Billy Smyth - Dunkirk veteran. 198T115. of the

... 4 Major Robert Sunley pictured just before the out break pqy. Billy Smyth - Dunkirk veteran. 198T115. of the Battle of France.l9BTl3l. hackle Is still worn proudly The Dunkirk Veterans (from left) Major Robert S. Sunley, Mr. John Cameron and Mr. George ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1990
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 416 | Page: 13 | Tags: none