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GLOUCESTERS' C.O. A PRISONER

... Territorials. In the present war he was engaged with his regiment in the 8.E.F.. and was with the rearguard in Flanders during the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was at first reported missing, but is now known to have been taken prisoner. Col. Gilmore, who ...

Published: Thursday 25 July 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 379 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WAR SERVICES

... of distinguished services in connection with operations in the field, March-June, 1940, that is, in France and Flanders before the evacuation of Dunkirk. The names of the officers are as follows: Commands and Staff. Col. (Temp. Brig.) W. E. Duncan, C.V ...

Published: Friday 27 December 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 291 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

By YOUNG & GILLING YOUNG & QILLING (Established Over 120 Years), SURVEYORS & VALUERS, AUCTIONEERS, ESTATE & ..

... distinguished ser- 1 vices in connection with opera- ! tions in the field, March-June, 1940, that is, in France and Flanders before the evacuation of Dunkirk. The names of the officers are as follows:— Commands and Staff. —- Col. (Temp. Brig.) W. E. Duncan ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1940
Newspaper: Cheltenham Chronicle
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 737 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LOCAL OFFICERS AND MEN IN WAR CASUALTY LISTS

... Territorials. In the present war he was engaged with his regiment in the 8.E.F., and was with the rearguard in Flanders during the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was at first reported missing, but is nowknown to have been taken prisoner. Col. Gilmore, who ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 1940
Newspaper: Cheltenham Chronicle
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1931 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WITH THE GLOUCESTERS IN FLANDERS

... WITH THE GLOUCESTERS IN FLANDERS STIRRING STORY OF EPIC CAMPAIGN QECOND LIEUT. MICHAEL SBEPHARD, who served in a battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment with the B.E.F. since first they went to France, and throughout the Flanders campaign, ending with ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1255 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PASSCKENDAELE EVACUATED

... PASS HENDAELE EVACUATED HITTING Ck. WYTSCHAETE RECAINED AN OST GNCE MORE. CUR LINE RESTORED SeCUTh Cr ARRAS, FRENCH TROOPS OPERATING. BELCIANS TAKE 9 PRISONERS, Hard pounding is still the order of the day on the Fianders front, and a furious now rages ...

Published: Thursday 18 April 1918
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1026 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS. AN OFFICIAL REVIEW

... THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS. AN OFFICIAL REVIEW. Tho fourth and last insta ment of the [French official review uf the first six months of the war deals with the great battle of Flanders. It roads follows:— ( Tho attack in the two Flanders (Belgian and French) ...

Published: Thursday 25 March 1915
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: | Words: 743 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HAVE THE GERMANS EVACUATED DIXMUDE?

... our loss has been I have not seen stated. I have been told that in Flanders alone 70 of the enemy’s Tanbcs have fallen our guns. The enemy has made much use of captive balloons in Flanders for observation purposes. Our pilots have been tempted to attack ...

Published: Monday 21 December 1914
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: | Words: 503 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Admiral Abrial, who commands the French naval forces assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, ..

... Admiral Abrial, who commands the French naval forces assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Admiral, who is 60, was a member of the Supreme Naval Council when war broke out ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GLOUCESTERSHIRE MEN'S EPIC FIGHTS IN FLANDERS

... MEN'S EPIC FIGHTS IN FLANDERS HOW THE CARRIERS WENT INTO ACTION MICHAEL SHEPHERD, who is the son of the °nt' kesbury Coroner (Dr. W. Hopper Shepherd) 11165 to - da y his story of the epic struggle of a Glouces ll e Battalion in Flanders. lATfcb^-.. lull ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2377 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RUGBY INTERNATIONAL A PRISONER

... of a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture. His brother, Captain S. T. Irwin, R.A.M.C., was also in Flanders and was evacuated. Their father is a Belfast surgeon. Paul Cooke, the English Rugby international, who was a second-lieutenant, in ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DAY'S WORK REVIEWED

... DAY'S WORK REVIEWED. Paris, Friday.—The expert French commentator this evening: writes Persistent rain on the Flanders front has soaked the ground to such an extent that it is difficult for the Allied troops to bring up their heavy artillery in order ...

Published: Saturday 04 August 1917
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: | Words: 235 | Page: 4 | Tags: none