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BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

... BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Mr Chamberlain then turned to the Western front, and said the British Expeditionary Foree had now finally taken their allotted sector of the French line, and all divisions were in position The completenese of the understanding ...

Published: Saturday 21 October 1939
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 87 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE

... BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE. Germany’s Increasing Difficulties: Ordered out of China by Japan. BRILLIANT RUN or FRENCH AND BELGIAN SUCCESSES. Russia’s Forward Movement. ...

Published: Saturday 22 August 1914
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 24 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

TRANSPORTATION OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE

... TRANSPORTATION OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE. In a statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the Secretary of State for War, Mr Hore-Belisha, said that within the five weeks since the ontbreak of war we had transported to France 158,000 ...

Published: Saturday 14 October 1939
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

B.E.F. PILGRIMS

... B.E.F. PILGRIMS [ Two thousand “Old Contemp. tibles,” survivors of the British 'Expeditionary Force which fought iat Mons just 52 years ago, made their annual pilgrimage to Aldershot yesterday and marched through the town to the garrison ¢church. ...

Published: Monday 22 August 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 38 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Army was so badly prepared for Hitler

... Army was so badly prepared for Hitler The plight of the British Expeditionary Force was made all the worse by the sudden capitulation of the Belgians, leaving the British plan to defend the Low Countries in tatters. Surrounded and suffering heavy losses ...

the First World War he worked with the Daimler Company. When hostilities started he joined the Army, serving ..

... First World War he worked with the Daimler Company. When hostilities started he joined the Army, serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France and worked on Daimler vehicles. He applied for a commission in the Royal Flying Corps but was turned down ...

Published: Friday 31 July 1987
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 52 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SOLDIER

... the 2nd Battalion North Statfs. Regiment in Northern ireland and Pajestine. A Dunkirk vetoran, he was with the British Expeditionary Force in France, and then served in North Africa and ftaly. He won the Milltary Medal at Anzio, where he was promoted ...

Published: Friday 16 March 1979
Newspaper: Hucknall Dispatch
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

POSSIBLE LEAVE FOR BRITISH TROOPS

... troops now in France may be home on leave before Christmas, saye the Exchange Telegraph correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force. Plans were reported last week-end to be well in hand for the granting of leave fo officers and men should the military ...

Published: Saturday 28 October 1939
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

House of Commons Debate. Criticism of Conduct of War

... House of Commons Debate. Criticism of Conduct of War. Following the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force from Southern Norway last week the Prime Minister made a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, and the debate on the Norwegian campaign ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1940
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 61 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

In The Line

... In The Line. “On the Western Front the British Expeditionary Force have now finally taken over their allotted sector of the French line and all divisions are in position. We are proud to know that our men are thus standing to arms beside the soldiers ...

Published: Saturday 21 October 1939
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 61 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SECOND LEAVE FOR B.EF

... SECOND LEAVE FOR B.EF. Men who went to France with the British Expeditionary Force in the first month of the war will soon, it is understood, be granted their second leave. It is hoped that by the middie of this month all those who crossed last September ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PAPA STOUR

... by Miss Jessie C Henderson, one of the members of the Guild, from Robert V. Hall, Second-Lieutenant 37th D.A.C., British Expeditionary Force, thanking the members of the Guild for their kind thoughts in sending the warm socks, ete., to the troops, as they ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1916
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 62 | Page: 4 | Tags: none