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SERVICE IN TWO NI ARS

... the Ist Battalion in France, as well as commanding the 152nd Brigade. He was Commander of troops in France and Flanders during the evacuation. Since the War he had held a number of staff appointments, being promoted to Major-General in 1932, and later ...

Published: Thursday 07 November 1935
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Street To Greet Its Heroes Five men from Albany - terrace, Grange road East, Middlesbrough, which consists of ..

... serving in the Army. Three of them will be welcomed home on Saturday, after experiencing the horrors of war in Flanders and the evacuation at Dunkirk. They are:— William Mason (21), stepson of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson, of 143, Grange-road East. Stanley ...

BIRTHDAY GIFT. Parcel Found On Field of Flanders

... BIRTHDAY GIFT. Parcel Found On Field of Flanders. A birthday present sent off by her soldier son in Flanders before the evacuation from Dunkirk has just been received by Mrs. A. (ireig, of Bonnygate, Coupar Angus, Fifeshire. The parcel, battered and torn ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE SECOND PHASE

... evening of the 13th October Laon was in French hands. The Effect on the Germans. The resumption of the advance in Flanders, the evacuation of Lille, and the battle of.the Selle river brings us to the position at the end of October. By this time the rapid ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1919
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 962 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FOR CANDIDATES

... Battalion France during the Great War, also commanding the 152 nd Brigade He also commanded troops France and Flanders during the Evacuation. Since the War had held several staff appointments. 1930 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King, and 1932 was ...

Five Shillings a Ton Saved

... been four years at Bermuda as Governor, where went from being the Commander of the British troops in France and Flanders during the evacuation of the Expeditionary Force. General Asser will probably the last officer trained in the old Egyptian school to ...

Published: Wednesday 03 November 1926
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1835 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... of thl-vear retail for A in laurels knows BFF BEF a tonic to of people I don't what the to after gruelling in Flanders and Dunkirk evacuation Perhaps to and drawn strain overwrought by horrors they endured E answer to jitterbugs” in Our pluck the power ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2234 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... employed with the British Dyestuffs Corporation Birkby Man Back England Again those have taken part in the historic evacuation Flanders is Private Douglas A Leece son Mr and Mrs Harold Leece Greno-side Birkby Lodge Private Leece who twenty-one is in the ...

EVACUATING FLANDERS,

... EVACUATING FLANDERS, . . Amsterdam. Friday. to from frontiere evacuation of Western Fianders contr u' }l ...

Published: Saturday 23 June 1917
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 34 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IN FLANDERS,

... IN FLANDERS, Reuter’s Agency learns that, according to latest news, the Allied Armies, under King Albert, are making remarkable progress in all directions in F'anders. It is clear from the situation that it will be a matter of extreme difficulty (or the ...

Published: Friday 18 October 1918
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

IN FLANDERS

... IN FLANDERS Despite the bad weather in Flanders progress continues bo made. Brltisn attack on the Passchendaete ridges has greatly alarmed the enemy, who has made two desperate counter-attacks, both of wore repulsed by the Canadians- Freah ground has ...

Published: Monday 29 October 1917
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1396 | Page: 2 | Tags: none