... his sudden death may primarily be attributed to the strain of his duties in connection with the departure of the British Expeditionary Force. The death of so distinguished a soldier, in the present position of affairs, will occasion the decpest regret ...

... again. But things went well and by midnight the cordon had embarked. Those who left that night were the last of the British Expeditionary Force to leave Dunkirk. Mr Wilson said: “I got home in the early hours of 3 June. I can remember that dawn was breaking ...

... Sleaford. Mr Bettany had lived in Sleaford for over 30 years. He was for 24 years a regular soldier serving with the British expeditionary force in the First World War. He was in retreat from Mons, was awarded the Mons Star, and spent the rest of the war in ...

... present stationed in the Orkneys, green envelopes for use in their correspondence, as was ot present allowed to the British Expeditionary Force. “ The issue to these men,” replied Mr Morrison, '‘of & distinctive envelope to ensure censorship of the contents ...

... She was one of six trawlers held in dock on government instructions to take part in the rescue operation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk. bands denoting that they were temporarily classed as members of the R.N.V.R. The families waved their ...

... picture shows historic events on August 6, 1914, when the Northamptonshire Regiment left Kettering to join the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium. Note the men proudly carrying their rifles and the crowds which turned out to bid them farewell. For ...

... walking stick is Private F. Bolton, of the Ist Warwicks. He went out with the small Army which comprised the original British Expeditionary Force and fought through the Battle of Mons. He says thatno words could describe the horror of that battle or convey an ...

... Private Quenvy, of the 2nd Royal West Surreys, were interred. ¥rivate (*ur-nv,v was wounded while servin with the British Expeditionary Force nns died from his wounds in the 4th Northern General Hospital on Saturday. The serviee, the arrangements for which ...

... casualty lists of pon-commissioned officers and men gave a total of only 36 casualtics, Of these 23 are men of the British Expeditionary Force proviously reported missing, now reported killed; four are from the Mediterrancan Expeditionary Forco previously ...

... of the units cut off from the evacuation port of Dunkirk on the Channel Coast by ‘he German thrust through the British Expeditionary Force positions in June, 1940. The bulk of the BEF was safely evacuated in what became known as “The Miracle of Dunkirk ...

... Shot dead by his own pals WHEN Sir Douglas Haig became Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force on December 19. 1915. the first death warrant he signed out of 252 others was for a young Northamptonshire soldier. Days after Christmas, on January ...

... Avenue, Hardingstone, was a war hero who began his career with the East Surrey Regiment. He went to France with the British Expeditionary Force in August 1939 where he got cut off from his unit and made his own way home by crawling on his belly across farmer’s ...