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Norton Bridge Soldier From Dunkirk to Rome

... Norton Bridge Soldier From Dunkirk to Rome The tragic days of Dunkirk were recalled this, week. when Mrs Seymour, of Glanely House, Norton Bridge, received a letter from a French pilot, enquiring the whereabouts of her husband. George Seymour. George ...

Published: Saturday 14 April 1945
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 257 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

PLIGHT OF DUNKIRK SAILOR'S FAMILY No Home For Wife And Children ROY JONES, a young man who was invalided out

... PLIGHT OF DUNKIRK SAILOR'S FAMILY No Home For Wife And Children ROY JONES, a young man who was invalided out of the Royal Navy after serving in the Norway campaign, the evacuation from Dunkirk and the Dover Patrol, presented himself at the Municipal Buildings ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1946
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 65 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Arrived home minus his boots! THE ANNIVERSARY of the Dunkirk evacuation had a special meaning for one ..

... France Dunkirk veteran Tom Hughes surrounded by pictures of himself and soldier pals during the war The Waverley - the last sea-going steamer in the world and one of the fleet of gallant Tittle boats' that rescued hundreds off the beaches of Dunkirk Protestors ...

Published: Thursday 26 July 1990
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 3114 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

shield over freedom ' Over Dunkirk —rcr Over Singapore --terfihr Over Crete But the factoties hummed, and the ..

... shield over freedom ' Over Dunkirk —rcr Over Singapore --terfihr Over Crete But the factoties hummed, and the people more planes, more planes thousands. . Squadron after Squadron roaring into the virti Layer above hem I Far below like toy ships on a floor ...

Published: Saturday 13 February 1943
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 361 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FlNSlNlllnellediMafllyMplaeltelliMl Dunkirk Survivor. Trooper Ales King's Hussars son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Peter ..

... FlNSlNlllnellediMafllyMplaeltelliMl Dunkirk Survivor. Trooper Ales King's Hussars son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Peter Dale 29 Maritime ROUND THE Street Craig is now home on a well earned leave from the Middle East theatre of war. He joined the Army five years ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1944
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 2067 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FORMER PONTYPRIDDI.4.N HONOURED

... returned to France with the Royal Berkshire Ftegt. During the struggles prior to Dunkirk he came to the notice of General Montgomery on several occasions. In the evacuation from Dunkirk he assisted on the beaches with the removal of the wounded. Since returning ...

Published: Saturday 11 March 1944
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 146 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Commando Wounded

... Commando Wounded This young Commando. Douglas Webb. son of Mr and Mrs Bert Webb. 14 Graig Avenue, Pontypridd, was wounded in the Dunkirk evacuation and now again in Normandy. He is now in hospital in this country. I 4' s? V '' - • • ,> v• • , ' COMMANDO WEBB ...

Published: Saturday 02 September 1944
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 52 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Winston Churchill's WAR MEMOIRS

... Winston Churchill's WAR MEMOIRS (MAY 1940-JANUARY 1941) The story of Britain in her finest hour the miracle of Dunkirk the fall of France the Battle of Britain how the British held the fort alone Told with unique authority by the greatest ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1949
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 65 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

CLUBS ARE ON THE MARK

... pointed out that at Dunkirk we were under strength, ill-artaed . and hopelessly outnumbered, buL we had used the breathing space well, and now an Army, second to none, keen, web armea and equipped, stood waiting and ready to avenge Dunkirk. He . hoped the ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1944
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 243 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Treforest Estate's Three Pontypridd Boys in Germany Salute the Soldier COUNTY SCHOOL BOYS MEET AS PRISONERS OF WAR

... following interesting message from Capt. D. W. Hunt. one of his Old Boys, who has been a prisoner of war in Germany since Dunkirk. The letter reads:— Dear Mr Thomas,—My wish to write to you has been determined by the fact that an Old Boy has turned up ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1944
Newspaper: Pontypridd Observer
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 301 | Page: 7 | Tags: none