AIR MINISTRY No. 909 19/6/40 -No. 1. 
AIR MINISTRY COHI.HJNIQUE 
Enemy aircraft crossed the coast during the night, 
Air raid warnings were sounded in a number of districts in eastern England. 
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19/6/40 -NO. 2. 


With reference to the Aduira.lty Cor'.lmuniq_ue issued on the 10th June regarding the loss of H.Mo ships "Glorious," 11Aca.sta" o.nd. "Ardent'1" 36 officers nnd E1en from H.:M. Glorious a.nd Acasto.. who were rescued. by a Norvvegian ship have been la.rrled in this countryo 
The next of kin have been infonned. 
No details arc yet QVailQble concerning other survivors stated in the original German Conununiq_ue to have been picked up. 
ADMIRl\LTY, S.W. lo 
AIR MINISTRY 910 19/6/40 No.3. 
AIR MINISTRY AND HOME SECURITY COMMUNIQUE 
The Air Ministry and the M:Lnistry of Home Security announces Enemy aircraft carried out bombing raids on districts in eastern England last night. Air raid warnings were sounded and some four hours elapsed before all "raiders passed" signals had been given. Anti-aircraft defences were in action and fighter aircraft went up to engage the enemy. Seven enemy aircraft were shot down. Bombs were dropped in a number of districts in East Anglia, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Eleven civilians are known to have been killed and fourteen injured. Most casualties occurred in one locality where bombs fell on a row of houses. No severe damage was done to any military objective. 
AIR MINISTRY AND MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY 
19/6/40 ,; . • No~ 4. 
Fo11owing is the latest list of British prisoners of war in enemy hands, as broadcast from Germany:­
PILOT OFFICER  J.E.A.  FOSTER  
FLYING OFFICER  r.c.  MILNER,,SUNNINGDALE  
FLYING OFFICER  P~E. BRESSEY,  COLCHESTER  
FLYING OFFICER  I.E.G.POTTS,  N~W ZEAL.AND  
FLYING OFFICER  J.A~E.  GILLIES,  LONDON  
FLYING OFFICER  R. HERR~CH, ABINDON  
REV.  CAPT.  HOBLING,  LONDON  

MINISTRY OF INFORl~ATION 
19/6f4o. -No. 7. 
PRESS NOTICE 
In the official Adriliralty communique regarding the withdrawal from Dunkirk, the name of the Ccmmanding Officer old H.M.S. GRIVE was g~ven in error as Lieutenant 
c. E. West, R.N. R. The Ccmmanding Officer was Captain the Hon~.Lionel Lambart, D. s. o. , R-.N. wh.os·e next of kin was informed•. 
ADMIRALTY 
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FOR PUBLICATION ON THURSDAY MORNING 20th JUNE, AND_ifOT FOR .B:~Wi\DCAST BEFORE 7 a.m.~.011 _THAT DATE.____ 
The Minister of Home Security hns made an Order declaring the strip of country along the coast from the Wash to Rye in Sussex, and extending about 20 miles inland, to be a defence area. Following the making of the Order, Regional Civil Defence Conunissioners will have power to control movement into it.• 
On June 13th Sir John Anderson issued an appeal to the public to refrain from making unnecessary journeys to these localities, and the response has been excellento Nevertheless it is desirable that powers should be provided to exercise a definite control over such movements. All persons entering the area are now liable to be questioned by the police or military as t o the reasons for their entry into or their presence in the areas. If they are unable to produce satisfactory evidence that they are engaged in business or have similar good reasons, they will be required to leave. 
This applies to all holiday makers, and all persons engaged on any kind of pleasure journeye 
Interference with movement within the area itself will not be involved, and the Order will be operated in such a manner as to cause the least possible interference with business and other legitimate activities. The public will realise the necessity for the Order, and the Minister is confident that whatever minor inconveniences may be caused wj_ll be met vvi th a good grace. 
Lists of the rnilway stations in the defence area will be posted at all other ruilwny stations in the country.. These will give the public a convenient indicntion of the extent of the area. 
MINISTRY OF HO:ME SECURITY. 


NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE MORNING PAPERS OR TO BE IS;3UED ON CLUB TAPES, OR BROADCAST BEFORE 7 aom• ON THURSDAY', 20th JUNE, 1940 
Lord Beaverbrook,, the Minister df Aircraft Production, has issued the following statement:­
"I make a report that aircraft production in this country, in every category, has,, since May 10th exceeded the total casualty list, including casualties sustained through accidents at home. 
"The aircraft available of every type now in use exceeds the number of machines at the disposal of the Air Force when the battle broke out. 
"In addition to production, re::_1airs have replenished stocks. "There is now on hand a very good surplus stock of engines. 
"The :public should .zive thanks for this immense effort to all the aircr3.ft factories, ancl. enc;ine shops, ::mc1. their workers who have striven by ni~;ht and da:r without time off for recreation, with.out any rer;ard for the pleasurer, o.nd nmenities of lifeo 
"Their conduct is beyond praise. 
"We can place our future in their keeping with con:f'idence" .. MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 

The Ki.n!J has been SL .Leiously l)leased to approve of the 
undermentioned. awCt.rds Hh i ch have buen Sl'anted in reconnition of' 
gEtllantry displ nyed in flyiD~~ operations ngoj nst the ~nemy. 

6ward~d a_J~ ~::F__ ~o-the__:Q~§-~_ ~ i~G'.~~.§)]-esJ. _llyi~1r: Cross. 
Pilot Officer Louis Arbon STRANGE D,S,O., f•.LO., DoF.C. 
Royal Air .Poree Volunteer Reserve. 

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Pilot O:t':: ice:r-s·: .':::mge was c.leto.ilec1 to proceed f'rom Hendon to Merville to net as c;1'ound control of:L'iccr during the arrival and departure of' vm::..ous ai rc:--c:t:et cc.Pry::i.:nc; :food supplies. He displo.yed great skill anc1 C.ct,,rmL 10.tioi1 wh~ls ;_, under hco.vy bomb inc; attaclrn and mach L1e gun f 'LI·e at Uerville, where he was responsible for the repair m:d succec38fu.J despatch of two aircraft to England. In the l ast I'ernaininr, aircra:J:'t which vms r epa ired under his super­vision, he returned to Hendon in spit e of being repeatedly attacked by Messerschmitts un::.il well out to seao He had no guns in action and had never flown this type of ai rcraft previously, but his brilliant piloting enabled him to ~eturno 

Flight Lieutenant Ro:1ald D0n•elc Go~"c1on VJ:~ :JHT0 
This flight commande.1.' h <.:s G.estI•oyed ten enerny aircx•aft, four 
o:r these being shot dO'.Vn whilst he '18.S senring in France. During the numerous patrols 0~1 which J)3 has bee:.: engagec1 he has displayed dash and outstanding qualities as a leadero 
Acting Flight I..i eut enant Adr j_nn IIor'.; BOYD. 
BetvJeen 20th MDy cmd 3rc1 June ,; 1940, li1li[;ht Lieutenant Boyd was engaged on offensive pat1'ols almost every do.yo During this period he destroyed at leas t s.~x: ene1"1y r1 i.r crc.:L't Etnd seveI'ely damaged several moreo 1I'his of':Cicor irns displayed courage and determination, often attacicing su:;;ie1•ior forccs 7 o.nd has pressed home his attacks in every uase~ 
Acting Flight l~icute~1<-:·nt Mic:t~lel .l'h ch olc:nn CROSSLEY. 
on the 8th June; 1940, this o~ricer wa s the leader of two squadrons of fighter s wnich ·irere co..".rying out an offensive patrol in the Le Treport area,, ::n.1::,~--_t Lieucenam:. Crossley sighted seventeen Heinkel 111ts7 and displc.yed outstcoding iai tiative and courage in his method_ of attack,, As a r esult of the engo.genent seven enemy bombers v-vere destroyedc FL:.c.ht Licutcnc:i1t Crossley himself destroyed two, ai1d had t o br eat: off a further fic;ht 2s his ar.1f,mnition was expended.., This of ficer ho.d his :first cori1bat ii1 May, 1940, when 
he succeeded in destroying CJ. Messe:i.'Schmitt 1090 He has displayed 
exceptional skill and leadership and, since the middle of May,1940, 
has destroyed seven enemy ail'c::aft6 
Flying Officer Henr y Michnel Y.2P.:'. ~!S8 ., 
During two consccutive (Lays in May, Flying Officer Fel"riss shot down a total of fouoc' EeBs c1·sc!1mi tt 110 1 s although heavily outnumberedo La ter he shot down a f u.rthc.:r three Messerschraitt l09's. In these conbo..ts he has displ o.ycd outstanding ability. 
/Pilot 
Pilot Officer Ernest Cecil John W.AIIBH.AM. 
During Ct period of nine dnys i~ Mny, 1940, Pilot Officer Wakeham was engnged on offensive patrols almost daily. He hus shot down t wo enemy aircraft and sevcre1;:r damaged o.t lea.st two others. His fine fighting s:pirit YJC.s dj ~ ,plc:.yed on cime occCtsion when he was stunned by a glan,..::ing bullet vih1le attackii1e; enemy aircraft. He recovered consciousness after his aircrc.ft had descended 5,000 feet and returned to the o.tto.ck" Lo.ter ~n the day he again engaged enemy fighters but was shot dovv:::-_,, He l anded sCtfely between ostend and Dunkirko 
.JWJ'.Ps_.Q;t1~SAR~P.B.§~~ 
Pilot 0ff~_£~_...§!-!._'.?-Yl!{tj, was born at Blanc'Jford, Dorset, in 1891, and 
was granted a commission as 2nd Lteu.ten~·.nt in the R0 F.C. Special 
Reserve in 19130 He served with c~istinction with the R.F.C. and 
later with the R,A,F, at home and ~.i.-1 France during 1914-18, and 
attained the rank of Wine Cor.Jri1D.nder in 19190 He was awarded the 

M.C. in 1915, the D,, F .,c·, in 1913, the D,, s,o~ in 1919 and was twice 
mentioned in despatcb. ; He retired in l '.)21 and was re-commissioned. 
as Pilot Officer in Apr.i.1 $ 19400 

Flight Lieutenant Wight wns born at Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, in 1915, 
and was educa-:Ccd'-ii:-f 13owdon Ccllege, Cheshire, Mostyn High school, 
Parkgate, Wirral, and Wr eldn r~o~i..lege« He was commissioned in 1934, 
promoted Flying Officcl' in 1937 and Plight Lieutenant in 1938. 

Acting Flight Lieutenant Bcyd.is aged 27 and enlisted as a Naval Cadet, R01-r:-·in--:-r9·2·6:---11e ···al~:'cti"ned thn rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant in 1933 and, following his r eti rement from the R~N. in 1934 he entered the R~/\ 0 F o as ::-. pupil p1.lot o.nd was granted a commission in 1936.,. He was promo·:, ;d Flyinc; Officer in 1939 and reached his present rank in October919~-59, 
~ng Fli_f}.l_!__I;_jeu.~~-e,~~nt__.Qxo~s..1.e:;7r _wns born at Halford, warwicl~shire, in 1912., and wo.s ec"Lucated a t i~to,.1 ai1d the Cqllege of Aeronautical Engineering, Chelseao After cnterinG the RcA.F. as a pupil pilot he was granted a commi ssion in 1936, pro:.1oted Flying Officer in 1938 and Acting Flight Lieutenant. in 1939,, 
Flying Off,i_c_e_r FeEriss wns bor n at Lee, London, in l~~~ and was educated at stonyhurst College prior to undergoing -raining as a medical student at the Chelsea Polytechnic and st.Thomas' Hospital, London~ He was a member of i.he Londo :: University Air Squadron from 1935 to 19370 He entered the R,A.F, as a pupil pilot and was granted a cormnission in 19 37o Pro1110tc.~d Pilot Officer in 1938, he reached his present l"a:nk i n January last() 
Pilot Officer V!o.lrnham was b orn at Harbeton~ Totnes, and was educated at the 1rofil.eS~G::."amT.1ar s chool and South Devon Technical Col~eg~. He entered the R~A.F,, a s a P1;1Pil pilot a·.!.d wr:s ¥rant~d a ~ommission in 1939, being conf irmed i n the r c;_nk of Pilo (, Officer in January last. 
Press and Publicity B1 ~11ch, 
Air Ministry~ King Cha rles streetp Whitehall, S oW .lo 

19.6.40 No.11. 
MINISTRY OF HEALTH 
3,000 more schoolchildren to be moved from East and South-East Coast Towns. 
Three thousand children from East and South-Enst coast towns are to be evacuated in special trnins next Tuesday (25th June) to safer areas in the Midlands, Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, These children are from the following towns: 
Great Yarmouth Broadstairs Lowestoft Sandwich Felixstowe Dover Harwich Folkostone Clacton Deal Frinton nnd Walton Chatham Southend GillinghamMargate Rochester Ramsgate Sheerness 
Thirtynine thousand schoolchildren from these areas were evacuated to the Midlands and South Wales on 2nd June. The 3,000 
hildren to be moved on Tuesday are those who were registered when a further opportunity was offered to parents on Wednesday and Thursday. of last week. They will join their schoolfellows in the place to which their school unit was moved. 
At the same time 120 registered schoolchildren from Aldeburgh and Southwold, in Suffolk -which were recently declared evacuation areas -will be moved to the urban district of Warsop in Nottinghamshire. 
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, WHITEHALL0 s.w.1. 
19/6/4Q No. 13. 

FOR PUBLICATION IN MORNING PAPERS ONLY 
.AND NOT FOR B~O.ADCAST 


The Department of Overseas Trade ~raws the attention 
of exporters to a new Portuguese decree which takes effect on the 28th June, and prohibits the importation into Portugal of a number of articles including cotton, woollen, and linen manufactures, automobiles, and motorcycles. 
A full list of these items is published in the Board of Trade Journal dated 20th June. 
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BO.ARD OF TRADE 
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AIR J)ITNISTRY BULLETIN NO. 913~ 19/6140 • No.].4. 
Air Ministry Ne11;; §~vice. 
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MORE RAIDS ON GERMAN OIL SUPPLIES. 
Oil supply c~ntres, railway raarshalling yards, power stations and rail 
oommunications in many parts of North Ylest Germany and the Rhinelan:1 were 
attacked last night by heavy bomber squadrons of the Royal Air Force. 

Targets near Hamburg, Bremen; Frankfurt, Esaen, Oastrop, Sterkrade, and. Hanover vvere heaV:i.lLy bombed in the fac~ of strong opposition from the anti.. aircraft guns and searchlight batteries of the gro1:111'1 defence system~. 
· At ·Bremen more truin 250 bombs were dropped vdthin 10 minutes, causing heavy explosions among the oil tanks a:rxl starting numerous fires. Hamburg was sub.jected to a series of raids which began shortly af'ter midnight and 18.sted until near dawn, Salv9s of bombs repeatedly straddled a large oilL depot near the docks and the fires kindled by the earlier attackers became so widespread that the blaze oould be seen by our homewa±-d.. bound aircraft as they crossed the German coast, 80 miles distant. 
At Ca.strop, to the north west of Dortnrund, high explosive bombs fell on a petroleum refinery. Flames were i.nmediately seen to 'break out and after one raider had left the target the tail gunner, looking back, saw a high explosioh take place. Storage tanks at Misburg, close to Hanovel', were also systematically bombed, A direct hit on a large building in the centre of the target, believed to have been a . power house, resulted in an explosion which was felt by the crew of an aircraft flying lC,:000 feet above. Here, too, fierce fires which broke out could be seen by the raiding crews long after they had left the target al'ea• 
.Another f>OWer house is thought to have been destroy$d in the course of an attack on the oil tanks at Sterkrade, north of Duisberg, where the British bcmibe:rs p;i:-essed home their attack despite intense anti-aircraft fire from maey powerful grouhd batter?,.es sited round the target. Shell splinters pierced the wings and fuselageii of several of our aircraft. o:ne bomber, badly hit and with the fabric stripped from the upper surface of both wings, nose-dived several thousand. feet before the release of its bomb load enabled the pilot to regain control. 
Other sections of the night raiders, vdth the railway communications in the Rhineland and the Ruhr as their ob jeotives, attacked the marshalling yards, railway junctions and. supply trains. Direct hits were registered on rai1way junctions at Gladbach, Wesel and Arsbech, near Hheydt and fires were started in a crowded marshalling yard. at Sohwerte, south of Dortmund. At Dusseldorf a series of attacks was launched against the principal railLway yard, Twenty-one separate fires were counted. within this yard. by the rear-gunner of one of the last aircraft to leave the scene. 
Two goods trains standing in the marshalling yard at Soest were both hit with heavy calibre bombs ·and the yard itself left enveloped. in a pall of black smoke through which numerous small explosi<llllS could be seen. A third train, steaming out of the yard at Soest, was heavily machine-gunned from a low level. 
Another train, believed to have been loaded with munitions was caught in a cutting near Col!ogne and struck by three heavy bombs. Explosions, accompanied by great clouds of smoke, at ome broke out among the wagons. A machine gun, mounted on the train, opened fire on the British bomber which promptly retaliated by caning lmv and machine gunning the full length of the wrecked train. 
Other milltary objectives attacked during the night imlud.ed. a power station at Sohilau in the environs of Hamburg, where direct hits resulted. in vivid zig-zag flashes which lit up the whole of the target area, .and a large munitions works at Cologne which was set alight and left with flames blazing several hundreds of feet high. 
AIR AFFAIRS. 
19/6/L~O -No.15. 
FOR PUBLICLTION IN IviOH.NING PAPERS OF 20TH JUNE, 
1940 PJ'ID NOT FOR BROADCAST BEFORE 7 A. M. ON 
THAT DATE. 

The following statement is issued by the Ministry of Home Security: 
The duty of the public in the event of invasion is to Pemain where they are unless instructed to leave. 
Recent experience in the Low Countries, and still more recently in France, has shown how military plans to repel invasion may be dangerously hampered if roads are blocked by refugees. It is, therefore, of the utmost importancethat the public generally should realise that in the absence of specific instructions to the contrary they should at all times stay where they are and ignore rumours. This is not merely a matter of military necessity, but is in their own best interests, particularly from the point of view of t heir safety. 
The Goverrunent is fully aware of the need, should this country be invaded, for taking steps to prevent roads being blocked, particularly by private motor cars, and also so far as may be possible to ensure the safety of the civil population. The necessary measures have been prepared and are now being put into effect. It is not desirable in the national interest to state precisely what these measures are, but the appropriate information is being given to the individuals af':Lected. 
Ministri of Home Securiti. 
19/6/LJ.Q_-:-_l'Lo..!1..li• 
PAYMENT OF T~1AVELLING EXPENSES 
The Ministry of Labour nnd National Service announces that the following arrangements hnve been made for the payment of fares and travelling nllownnces to workers wpo are transferred by the Department to a new area beyond dnily".tro.velling distance to undertake work of national importance. In such cnses the Department will pay free fare for the initial journey to the work to which the worker is transferred, and will also pay 5/­travelling time for the initial journey where this does not occupy more than 4 hours, and 10/-where the journey occupies more than 4 hours. 
This talrns the place of the original · proposal that employers should be called upon to pay for fares and travelling time for transferred workers. No payments will be made to cover daily travelling to and from work. 
The scheme does not apply in cnses where a worker is transferred to work where it is the customary practice or where industrial or voluntary agreements provide forsuch payments to be made by the employer, but where under customary practice or agreement, the employer pays fares but does not pay for travelling time; the allowances or travelling time will be ~Qayable £\S set out above by the Department. The scheme does not apply in any way to the transfer of dockers, or to the transfer of buildingand civil engineering workers, ns special arrangements have already been concluded to meet the needs of those industries. 
Employers and workers interested, may obtain further information at the De~nrtment's Local Offices. 
MINISTRY OF LABOUR 
19/6/40 -No.J.2. 
"The War Office announces that His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Lieutenant­General H.R. Pownall, G.B., n.s.o., M.C., as Inspector-General of' the Local Defence Volunteer Forces". 
The War Of'f'ice, London, s.w.1. 
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This is a new post, necessitated by the growing importance of' the Local Def'ence Volunteers. General Pownall, it will be remembered, acted as Chief' of General Staff' under Lord Gort in the British Expeditionary Poree.· .He will now act under the direction of' the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces (General Sir Edmund Ironside). 
UT'..GENT NEWS~ A • M. B • NO • 911. 

The King has b~en graciously pleased to approve the undermentioned a.wardS9 in recocnit-1.on of gallantry displayed in flying operati~~s agains t the enemy:­
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Acting Flight ~icctenant Robert Hector BATT. 
AwarsJ.P-d t~~--d~? tj~~J~h~~J F~ying_ Medal. 
610339 Sergeant Edward G.::eville NEVILL. 
580466 Sergeant Alan SP}:HCER 0 

In June , 1940, Flight Lieutenant Batt wa~ the pilot, and Sergeants Nevill and Spencer '· w Observer and Air Gunner, respectively9 of an aircratt whicl1 successfully carried out a single aircraft reconn~iss~nca . Throughout the whole operation the nircraft was fl·.YNn at t i. height of less than 200 feet, and enemy troop concentr e.ti ons were locat ed and subseq_uently attacked. Flight Lieutenant :Ja tt successfulJ y corrrpleted the mission in spite of intense ant:L·-aircraft fire -,rh] e;'.1 severely damaged his aircraft, Sergeant Spencer ·Nas wounded a·,iring the o:,eration but continued to use his gun9 alsc makin1.. vr.luable v1sLial reconnaissances. Sergeant Ne7ill9 by his sk:'..l:f>1l handling of ::.ds gun, beat off an attack by three Mess erschYT1itt 109'so It is believed that one was destroyedc This c~ew has taken part in eleven operational flights since 10th May9 1940, o.nd ·sti.ey have at all times displayed courage and det:.:;rminatimi j.n the :Cacc cif the enemy. Their excellent team work ~ias largely contri~Juted to the sucqess of many of the missions entrust ed ~o them. 

Actin~_g_ht I.:Je~te.:r:.:i.nt_;~~-~:.t. Pas born i n Marylebone, London, in 1915. He vras ed: . .:i.cs ;:;cd a t I.:'..~.• disfnrne ',Jollege, Wes tcliff-on-Sea. He received a ilho1't Sci'vic1.; a:>)mn1ission in the R.A.F. in 1936, became a Fl:ting Of:C.:.c c:..' i n 1939, and. was promoted Acting Flight Lieutenont in ApriJ. 9las t ., 
Sergennt E_dwar~.-~£BY~]lc_Ji!'.yi}1, ( %·)) b,Jrn at Frome 9 Somerset, was a radio assembler before he j<Jined the RoA.F. in 1938. He is single; home tovm9 ~iounslow~ Middlesex~ 
Sergeant Alan Spencer (24) was bor n at Stockport, Lanes. An engineer l.n-civ~fl life 9 he joined ··~·1.e ReA. P . in 1938, as an Air Observer. He is sin:sle; home t •_;Nn Stockport, Cheshire. 
Press and Publid t7 Brz:,i-1r:h, Air M::!.7' ....;. er,y !' ' .King Charles s+.rect, ·Whitehall , i .Wal• 
19th June, 1940, 

19/6/40 -No. 21 • 
MINISTRY OF FOOD 1'iNNOUNCEMENT. 
THE NHl'IQN1'\L MILK SCHEME. 
From 1st July, or as soon o..s possible afterwards, milk will be provided 
free or at a reduced price to those who need it most. 

The Ministry of Food's National Milk Scheme i~ being introduced as an urgent 
measure of war-time food policy. Its object is to ensure that the rise in the 
price of milk made necessary by the increased cost of production and distribution 
does not affect those classes of the community whose need for milk is greatest. 

Under the Scheme every expectant or nursing mother and every child under 
five years of age which has been weaned and is not attending school can obtain 
1 pt. of milk daily at 2do per pt. (the present price in most areas is 3~. and 
after 1st July will be 4d.). This arrangement applies irrespective of income. 

Mille 	will be supplied in the above quantities free 
(a) 	
if the joint weekly income of the parents or guardians is less than 40/-(plus 6/-for each non-earning dependent member of the house­hold); or 

(b) 	
if the income of the only parent or guardio.n is less than 27/6d. (plus 6/-for each non-earning dependent member of the household); or 

(c) 	
if the head of the household is in receipt of public assistance, unemployment assistance or su-pplementa.r'J old age pension. 


The Scheme will be worked by local llti.lk Officers attached to the local Food 
Office. 

Parents or guardians vnshing to obtain milk at the reduced price, or free, will have to fill up an application fonn obtainable from the Milk Officer. Particulars of the number and ages of children will be required and the correctness of the application will have to be vouched for by a responsible person (e.g. minister of religion, doctor, Justice of the Peace, solicitor, etc.) having sufficient knowledge of the applicant and the circumstances of the case. The condition of an expectant mother vdll have to be certified by a doctor, midwife or health visitor. 
Where it is desired. to obtain milk free, particulars of the household income will also have to be s~?plied. 
When an application has been approved the }iti.lk Officer will give the applicant a permit which entitles him or her to a supply of milkp at the reduced rate or free, through a retailer chosen by the applicant. This pennit will in the first instance last for not more than three months and must be taken by the applicant to the retailer. 
In cases where an application on behalf of a child under one year of age is accompanied by a certificate from a medical practitioner that the child should have dried milk instead of liquid milk the Mille Officer will authorise an alternative supply of 1 lb. of dried milk per week at the same cost as 1 pt. of liquid milk per day. 
The Scheme vlill not apply to persons in Public i\ssistance or ot4er Institutions, whether municipal or voluntary. 
The Scheme in its present fonn will not apply to the remoter parts of Scotland, Separate arrangements for these areas will be announced later. The extension of the Scheme to Northern Ireland is also under consideration. 
The Scheme vnll in no way affect the Milk-in-Schools Scheme which it is hoped will now be more vvidely adopted and taken advantage of by a higher proportion of parents for the benefit of their childi~en. The Scheme vnll not affect the power of a Local Authority to supply an adilitional quantity of milk under its own arrangements to any person on the advice of the Medical Officer of Health. 
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NOT TO BE BROADCAST BEFORE 7 a~mc JUNE 20~ 
EVACUATION OF CHILDREN OVERSEAS 
Many generous offers have been received from the British Dominions, the Colonies, and the United States of .An1erica, to give safe refuge to children from Great Britaino A scheme has been prepared, known as "the Children's Overseas Reception Schemet11 which will be administered by a board under the chaj_rmanship of Mi·~ Geoffrey Shakespeare~ Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Dominions; Lord Snell will be the Chairman of an Advisory Councj.l represe---:.ti:ag organisations with experience in migrations education~ and the care of childrena '.1:he members of this Council will include Mx•o Joseph Westwood_, MoP., Mr. Chuter Ede, M.P.. , and Miss .Florence Horsbrugh, Mo Po It is also proposed that central organisation should be set up :Ln the receiving countries to a&ninister the scheme . 
The Scheme will be confined for the presen-t t o children between the ages of five and sixteen, and is based. on the principle that parents will not accompany their childreno It will be open to children anywhere in Great Britain, but if the numbers u1Jplying for evacuation overseas become large, preference will be given to children who are already evacuated or registered for evacuation~ 
Children will not be sent to public institutions; nnd stepswill be taken to meet the wishes of parents who would only be willing to send their children overseas to the homes of people whom they know, as well as of people overseas who would only be prepared to receive the children of friends or relatives. 
Applications from parents of children attending grant-aided schools should be made through the local education 1r:.thorities of the district where the children live now, or were living before they were evacuated under the Government schemco Applications from parents or children attending other schools should be made direct to The Se0retary, The Children's Overseas Reception Board, Thomas Cookis Buildings, 10, Mayfair Place, London, W.l. 
Local education authorities will urovide escorts for the children from their homes to the port of embar}tations and the child:::•en will be carefully looked after during the voyageo Each ship will have doctors and trained nurses on board. When the children arr ive in the receiving country, they will be supplied free of charge with any extra clothes necessary for local conditionso 'Ihe Admiralt;y-and the Ministry of Shipping will discuss measures to ensure the safety of the. children on the voyage, and as soon as possi'ble after the ·vvar the children will be sent back to this countryc 
Passage both ways across the sea will be free " ParGnts of children at grant-aided schools will be expected to 0ontribute towards the expenses of the Scheme only as much as they would have contributed if their children had been evacuated from an evacuation to a reception area in this countryo If they are unable to pay even as much as six shillings a week1 they will be assessed according to their circumstanceso 
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Parents of children attending other schools may be asked to pay a somewhat larger contribution, and possibly also the faro at a reasonable migrant rate. Parents who can make their own arrangements to send theL<: children overseas must obtain permission from the Board before sending them out of the country. 
The Government is also anxious that Allied refugee children should take their proper place within the SJheme. Applications on their behalf should be made through their respective consular authorities to the Secretary of the Children's Overseas Reception
Board. 
DOMINIONS & COLONIAL OFFICES, PRESS SECTION. 
_19/6/40 
The following Immodio.te Awo.rds have been made by the Commander-in-Chief, B.EoF~­


Lt;.-Gol. John Lanqo._s.!£,_:r__blli.mM.N, T.D~. R.J!1. 
During the o~erations on the ESCAUT River from the 19th to 22nd May and on the YSER Rive~ on the 27th, 28th May, Lt.-Col~ Lishman showed great ga~lantry in preparing bridges over both the rivers for demolition and in personally supervising the orders for blowing up du!'ing the withdrawal of tho B.,EcFo Ho carried out this work on the River ESCAUT under heavy bombing attacks and on the Yser River under artillery and mortar fireo 
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Lt,-Col. James D..~..J3Jl§§]l}~LJ4: ..M,?.....C.!!-s. Ho Lo I. 
On 29th May 1940, when he was suddenly attacked in the rear by
tanks which had broken t hrough a neighbouring formation, Lt-Colo Russell handled his battalion with conspicl.JIDUS skill, courage and resource. The battalion.? after two successive night withdrawals~ had just completed a particulo.rly_arduous night operation in which it acted as rear guard on a march of over 25mileso He Quickly organised a determined and effective resi~tance which kept the tanks at a distance al~ the afternoono During the night, when the enemy closed in, he extricated his battalion skilfully in accordance with orders, and would have got them away with slight casualties had they not encountered another body of tanks next morning. When this occurred, he held the tanks off with his anti-Tank rifles -the anti-Tank guns having al~ been put out of action -and withdrew what men he could. 
Bis general conduct set a splendid example and was reflected in the spirit of the men who were all keen to repeat the experienceo 
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Mey,ior Rowlan~ ~~2Lfil11Q.TT_. R, E, 
On the 19th May 1940 at TOURNAI this officer was responsible for firing the last bridge over the River ESCAUTo At 1730 hours the bridge came under fire from an enemy small bore gun and under small arms fireo Major Willott first organised a ~econnaisaance by a British Light Tank which had to retire -then by an infantry patrol which also had to retire ~ He then decided to fire the bridge to prevent it being rushed by the enemyo To ensure the demolition of the bridge, a large reinforced con~ete structure, he proceeded under 1'ire to the centre of the bridge and lighted the safety fuse before firing the electrical circuit~ When retuXining to the near bank he noticed an old Belgian woman walking on to the far end of the bridge. He ran back under fire, carried the woman to safety and then fired the bridge elactrically with complete succesgo 

During the operations o.t BOULOGNE from May 21st -23rd, 19409 Lt, Col. Stanier handled his battalion in a very difficult battle with the greatest skillo 
He was compel]_ed to hold o. front of about 6000 yds with an exposed loft flo.nk~ and if it hnd not been for his personal bravery, 
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energy and control, his front might wel1 have been broken and his battalion would have suffered far more heavily than it dido 
As the batnalion had but one map and intercommunication was extremely difficult, it was constantly necessary for him to be with the forward companies giving orders, and altering dispositionso During the whole operation he showed complete calmnes$ and disregard of his personal safetyo 
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Ct:!Eto ,C_hQ.,rl~ PhibJ1:fi JONES 9 R.,Eo 
On 29th May 1940? when ene.my tanks broke through a neighbouringformation, and approached Brigade H&Qo, this afficer displayed initiative!! courage and skili of a high order in organising immediate resistance from an Anti-Tank Troop in the vicinityo He personally directed the subsequent operations in which, after one of the enemytanks was put out of action and another damaged, the others drew offo He set an example of determined resistance to tank attack with all Anti-Tank resources available~ which was followed by other u..'1.i ts of the brigade during the subsequent operations the same eveningo 

.?/Lto P]li~i.11 D~~2Pa~,SUgNDERSLEY, H. L. I., 
On 29th May 1940 when ist HoL.Io became surrounden by enemy tanks and infantry this officer was acting as Brigade Liaison Officero He came through the Brigade HoQo to report the situation of his battalion at great personal risk and later took back a message to his C.Oo which enabled considerable elements of the battalion to be extricated under cover of darkness~ 
His behaviour throughout vms admirable and his reports clear, intelligent and helpful0 

Q.a£to R~_liathan Campbell ROSE, H.L.I. 
On 29th May 1940 this officer set a splendid example of coolness and courage, when enemy tanks~ which had broken through another formation, suddenly attacked the battalion in a reserve areao He quickly organised all l'ossible anti-tank resistance and himself fired over 40 rounds with an anti-tank rifle with great effecto The tanks were kept at a distance until nightfall, during which time one was completely put out ·of action, one badly damaged and a third hit so badly that the crew were forced to vacate ito Under cover of darkness he helped his c.o., extricate the remainder of the battalion and himself commanded the rearguard very successfully. 

On 29th May when one of our Anti-Tank guns was in action near his Aid Post engaging advancing enemy tanks~ Lieute Lord displayed courage and~Notion to dut~1• of a v-ery high ordero In the ensuingaB.ction whilst fj_ghting at very close range the anti-·rank gun was gradually overcome by supe:rior numbers and all the gun crew hit., Lieut.. Lord ai.ttended to each casualty a.t the gun position as it oceurred1 under heavy fire 9 treated them at his Aid P0st and eventually got the wounded away in his truck under heavy M.G0 fire0 
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Lt. (acte. Cant.) Cyril Hueh Re.J:.:i.:.!l.ald HE~~R-PERCY, Welsh Guards. 
When in conunnnd of his company at Boulogne between the 21st and 23rd of May this officer showed great courage and devotion to duty. Finding he had not suf'ficient troops of his ~wn he quicklycollected and organised parties of French and British troops who were located near by, to help block the remaining roads. At the same time his Company HoQrs. came under fire from a sniper located in a tower; finding that it was impossible to dislodge him with small arms fire and that there was no mortar anmrunition Captain Haber-Percy at once brought an Anti-Tank gun into action which soon destroyed the sniper's post. By his prompt action and initiative many lives were saved. Throughout the operations Captain Heber-Percy greatlyencouraged all rank:s by his disregarc1 for '1is own .safety and his thoughtfulnesa for those under his commando 
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Lt. Richard Christopher SHARPLES, Welsh Guards. 
At BOULOGNE~ between the 21st and 23rd May, Lt. Sharples showed great coolness under fire. When posts held by personnel of the H.Q. Company were heavily attacked this officer Vient forward and personally directed the fire on to the approaches from a small wood through which the enemy were advancing in an attempt to encircle the village in which battalion H.Qrso was situated. By his coolnes~ and courageunder heavy fire Lieuto Sharples was able to make good dispositions for his troops which prevented the enemy attack from being successful. 
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7811235, Sgto Thomas BURKE, R. Siri:nal~~. 
16th May 1940 to 29th May 1940, Sgt~ Burlce, T., was the section Sergeant of 'B 1 Cal)le Sectiono By untiring energy and inspiring leadership he encouraged his men to lay and maintain lines throughout the whole period of the operations under shell-fire, bombs, and machine-gun fire~ 
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2732681 Sgt. James King, Welsp Guards. 
Throughout the fighting at BOULOGNE this N.c.o. showed the utmost coolnes$ and courageo Acting as Medical Sergeant at the Battalion R.A.Po he never spared himself for a minute. On several occasions he went out himself and carried in wounded under very heavy­shell fire until he fell exhaus:ted, having strained himself by his exertionso At al~ times he was a great encouragement to others and by his example and devotion to duty a large number of wounded men were brought in ·<Who otherwise would have been left behind and taken prisonersa 
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2732115, R. Q.M.s. Frederick Todd JONES, Welsh ·Gunrds. 
During the f'ighting at BOULOGNE this .Warrant Of'fice:r showed great courage and coolness '1.Vhen under fire and despite a strong atta.ck by the enemy he went up to the foremost line and supervisedthe removal of ratioliIS arid stores from a lorry which had been damaged. As a result valuable food and stores which were urgentlyrequired by the bat~alion were saved. On completion of this work 
R.Q.M.S. Jones at onee assisted to re-organise the defence byposting his men at a position which was being attacked and so helped to stop penetration to our defences. 
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Dvr. Ernest Caracrlacus. WRIGHT, R.A.S.C. 
On 29th May i940 when enemy tunks broke through a neighbouringformation and were approaching Brigade H.Q. he showed courage and devotion to duty of a high order in volunteering to aet as runner under clos.e fire and in most diff'icult circumstances. In carrying out these duties he showed complete disregard to danger and set a sp]endid example. 
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2732548 Lce.-Cpl. Benjamin Henry BOOKER, Welsh Gua:rads. 
At BOULOGNE between the 21st and 23rd May this L/Cpl. was in charge of his Company Cooks and throughout the fighting and under heavy fire he waa able to feed at least 150 attached personnelbesides his own Company, Due to his forethought and hard work, at the same time, he was always ready to take up a firing positionwith his cooks whenever the enemy attacked. Later when the Companyhad orders to withdraw, L/Cpl. Booker managed to evacuate a largenumber of wounded by driving them back in his rations and Cooks lorries. On reaching the harbour, finding that the ships were on the opposite shore, he at once got hold of one of the few ri~tor boats working and got the wounded saf'ely over to the ships. He himself returned to continue with his cooking duties whiist the Company held the approaches to the harbour. 
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2733284 Qdsm. Thomas Frank POTTER, Welsh Guards. 
During the f'ighting around BOULOGNE between the 21st and 23rd of May, owing to the long frontage held by the battalion the only means of communications between Companies and Battf:tlion H.. Q,. was by motor cycle despatch rider. The number of' despatch riders was soon reduced by casualties to two. Guardsman Potter, however, continued to ride his motor cycle, often along the front line under heavy fire and in the .streets of the town continually sniped at from houses. Not f'or a moment did he falter though alone, and due to his courage and tenacityof purpose orders were got through to Companies to take up new positions and eventually to evaeuate the town with the enemy closing
in on all sides. · 
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6002768 Sgt. L.J. HEAD, The Essex Regiment. 
On May 28th 1940, whilst a ship, loaded to capacity with personnel evacuated from the B.E.F., was proceeding across the Straits of Dover from DUNKIRK,. three enemy bombers, flying at a height of about 250 feet, approached. the stern. SergeantHead, manning one of the two Lewis guns, opened fire, hittingthe centre enemy plane, and causing it to dive into the sea. The other two enemy bombers veered off right and left. 
Twenty minutes J.nter another enemy aircraft emerged from the mist flying very low towards the ship. Sergeant Head againopened fire, striking the cockpit with his first burst. As the aircraft dived towm.rds the sea, he fired two more bursts, and the aircraft Sanko 
Sergeant Head.is-coolness in aetion and accurate fire on these two occasions saved the ship. 
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19/6/L~O -No. 24. 
GERMAN AIRMEN TAKEN PRISONER BY AUXILIARY COASTGUARD MEN. 
Before dawn on June 19th two local auxiliary coastguard patrols saw an aircro.~t, obviously in difficulties, off the coawt. Flames were issuing from one of its engines, and it finally crashed in shallow water close to the beach. 
The coastguard men at once gave the alarm and rushed to the beach. They intercepted the crew of the aircraft, a German Heinkel bomber, as they swum and waded ashore with the help of their rubber dinghy. 
It seemed at first that the crew of the Heinkel, consisting of four men, would show fight. The auxiliary coastguard men thereupon covered the Germans with their firearms, while one of their number gave another alarm. Ther~~on the Germans shouted and surrendered to the auxiliary coastguara men. They were searched and disarmed and detained until the arrival of the military, who hastened to the scane on receipt of the alarm signal, which had been passed on by the nearest coastguardstation. 
These local patrols consist of auxiliary coastguard men, who have been recently enrolled from local men to keep a watch at various points on the coast to back up the existine l'"'egularcoastguard servicey and are analogous to the Local Defence Volunteer Service. 
ADMIRALTY,
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19/6/40 -No. 25.,. 
Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina has addressed the following message to the President of the French Republic: 
The Queen has been painfully afflioted by the news of the German entry into Paris. She feels impelled at this a_ifficult hour to express to the President of the French ReDublic Her sincere sympathies as well as Her :profound admira,tion :ror the valour of the Fr•ench armies. The Queen assures 
M. Albert Lebru.:.r-1 of Hnr unshakable faith in the complete re:
rurrection of Fro.nee~ everyone of these feelings is fully shared by the memoers o:r the Netherlands government as a whole. 
The President of the French Republic, Monsieur Albert 
Lebrun, has replj_ed. as follows: 

I have been deeply touched by the sentiments which Your Majesty has been ger.erous enough to express to me c In the dark hour through which we are now passing, .Fr•ance retains the certainty that the heroic effo:cts of the Allied armies wilJl. not have been in vain and t }10.t; in them lies the assurance 
o:r a future of ~reedom for Europe . 
FORIEGN OFFICE NEWS DEPARTMENT 
FOR DUTCH LEGATION. 

19/6/40 -No. 26. 
Air Ministry No.914. 
AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQ.UE. 
' Yesterday R.A.F. bombers carried out a number of reconnaissances over Northern France, Belgium and Holland. Others attacked columns of motor transport approaching Cherbourg.These were thrown into disorder. Many vehicles were destroyed.All our aircraft returned safely. 
During last night, large forces of R.A.F. bombers attacked military objectives in North-West Germany. At Hamburg, Bremen, Rheydt, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hanover and Frankfurt. Determined attacks were made on various objectives including fuel depots,blast furnaces, marshalling yards and trains. Several enemyaerodromes were heavily damaged in the course of the night'soperations. 
Three of our aircraft are missing. 
Fighter patrols over the Cherbourg area shot down one enemybomber yesterday. Two of our aircraft failed to return, but the pilot of one was seen to malce a parachute landing. 
An aircraft of Coastal Command attacked the enemy seaplanebase at Helder, on the Dutch coast, this morning. Large fires wePe started among the buildings. 
AIR AFFAIRS. 


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• A. DUFF COOPER. 
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ln a great battle the Freneh have been defeated~ But this is not the first time that a great nation has been d~:f'euted and has recove~ed from defeat. They have fought with heroism against superior numbers and superior weapons. Their losses have been terrible. Now, although tney are still fighting, their Goverrunent have asked for an arraistice. They have demanded honourable terms. Whatever the terms of that arraistice may be, we can rest assured that the French people will not allow themselves to be reduced pennanently to a state of slavery and will maintain their love of the;i.r country and their love of liberty, and in the fullness of time their country and their liberty will be restored to themo 
To Gr~at Britain, the blow is severe because we have lost in the French Army one of our most powerful ri.ssets. But we still retain the good will and the prayers of the French people as we retain those of the Belgians, the Dutch, the Norwegians, the Danes, the Poles, the Czechs and the Austri'ans·. The good will and the prayers of so many 
millions cannot in the long run prove up.availing. 
The problem for ~s henceforward is a grave one. But it is also a more simple problem. The front has been condiderably reduced; it is mainly the coasts of Gn~at Britain. Bombardment and invasion of this island will be the next phase of the war, and we shall feel confident that the people of this island will be able to defend it against all the might and malice of Germanyo We shall be fightingwith our backs to the wall, but it is a very substantial wall we have behind us. It is called the Atlantic Ocean, and it stretches from the Old Wqrld. to the New~ On the waters of that ocean British ships are travelling to and fro in large numl:?ers day and night; although a few enemy submarines ma-y lurk here and there, no enemy ship dare show herself on the surface, · 

On the other side of that great ocei;i.n the Dom:j.nion of Canada is throwing herself heart and soul into the tapk of producing implements of ·war and tl\S.ining men, South of that Dominion there spreads across the continent the United States of Alnerica, the greatest source of supply in the whole woI!ld. The government and the people of that oountry are our friends, We have it from their own President that they are redoubling their efforts to provide us with all the means that we des.ire for the prosecution Of' the war, and American man power is toiling in the factories and work-shpps to send us all we need. South of the United States lie a series of .'American republics -closelybound to the United States in policy,. well disposed towards Great Brit~in, productive and fruitful countries, covering vast spaces of territory., We have therefore behind us an inexhaustible source of supply that has been generously placed at our disposal. We have only to beat off the invader -hold him a.t bay for a few months -and our· supplies will begin to increase as rapidiy as his diminish. We know that be has risked all in this great,eff-ort to obtain a swift victory; we know that he cannot face a long war. We can face it and we shall face it, in confidence~ 
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There is also snother o.dvantage in this new phase of the war. We are all together -we are all in one boat -or rather in one island -almost the whole of our expeditionary force has been brought home. There may still be fierce fighting ahead but at least we shall be side by side with one another and shall not have to face all the cruel anxiety that absence and S€parat:.ion entail. Mothers and wives, sisters and lovers will have news of their dear ones from day to day. We are nearly all inside the fortress now -the fo/•tress is well defended and well supplied and ·.Will hold out until the efforts of the enemy are exhausted. 
'Thfs is not the first time that we have been threatened by the invasion of s ~owerful foe. Three hundred and fifty-two years ago the Spanish Armada put to seo. against uso Remember what happened theno We were only a small :power with a scanty population, 
and there were no great dominions overseas standing shoulder to shoulder with us. As usual, we were ill !>re:paredo Our soldiers were few, our ammunition insufficient1 the largest of our ships hardly as great as the smallest of those of our enemy. Yet we faced that challenge and defeated ito We knew that the invasion was coming and a system had been arranged, wherel)y huge bonfires were to be lit on prominent places throughout the country -to convey the warning that the Armada had been si~hted in order that the whole po::mlo.tion mi .=;ht S:!_)ring to o.rrns. I'.Iay I re2d to you a passage from Lbcaulay's 2:->oe1~1,, 6.esci-•ibine; the nic;ht when that message was sent, a ;iassage in rrhich he makes the .seo,?;I'aphy of :Snc;land suddenly become alive in twinkling :points of flame. 
"Night sank upon the dusky ·beech9 and on the purple sea, 
Such night in England ne'er ho.d. been, nor e'er again shall be From nddystone to :::;ervvick i)ounds, from Lynn to Uilford :Say, That time of slumber was as bright and vusy as the day; For swift to east and swift to west the zhastly war-flame 
spread,High on St. Michael's I!iount it shone: 1t shone on Beachy Head. The fisher left his skiff to rock on Tamar's glittering waves; The rugged miners poured to war from Mendip's sunless caves; O'er Longleat's towers, o'er Cranbourne's oaks, the fiery 
herald flew; He roused the shepherds of Stonehenge, the rangers of 3eaulieu, Right sharp and quick the bells all night rang out from 
Bristol tovm, And ere the day three hundred horse had met on Clifton down; The sentinel on V'lhitehall gate looked fo:r•th into the night, And saw o 'erhanging Richmond Hill the strea:'t<: of lJloocl-red 
liGht. And eastward straight from wild Blackheath the warlike errand 
vvent, And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squi:res of Kent. Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew t hose !Jright 
couI'iers forth; High on bleak Hampstead 's swarthy moor they sta11 ted for the north; Till the proud peal<: unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales;
'J'ill like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of '.·;ales, Till twelve f air counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely 
height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Hrekin's crest of light,Till 1)road and f ier ce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the i:;oundless :plain; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the si2n to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wi&e vale of Trent; Till Slciddaw saw the fire that lJurned on Ge.unt 's embattled ~)ile, And the red glare on Sldcldaw roused the burgJ:i..ers of Carlisle. 11 
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We do not light beacons today to carry news -on the contrary we have to put them out, but the same flame of patriotism still burns in our hearts as burnt in the hearts of our ancestors. 
You may remember the words that Queen Elizabeth ­another Queen Elizabeth -used when she rev1evred the troops who had collected from eve-:..•y quarter of the country to repel the invader. She said: ­
"I am but a weak woman, but I have the heart of a a king, and of a king of England too, and I hold it foul scorn that Parma (he wae the Commander r of the Spanish Army) or any foreign prince, should dare set foot within my dominions." 
Today one and all of us hold it foul scorn that uny German parachutist, or soldier, or sailor, should dare to set a foot within the land we love, and our people will rise in their wrath and indignation and wipe out the vile invader as we have always wiped out i nvaders in the past. 
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, 
19/6/L!.0 -No. 29. 
ir Ministry News Service. 

ir Ministry Bulletin No.915 
SEVEN GERivIAN PIJ.\.NES DOWN IN RAID ON ENGIJ'..ND • 
In the German raid over England last night one Blenheim fighter ilot surprised a German bomber heading east at 8000 feet. After a ~ief battle in which the British aircraft was hit by several bullets, ts pilot saw the enemy plunge towards the sea with the port engine blaze. 
The pilot came back to his base satisfied with his night's work. hen he woke at midday the first news he heard was that the bomber e had shot down had made a forced landing on the Norfolk coast. he crew of four, of whom the rear gunner was seriously wounded, had een taken prisoner. 
Thi9 particular Blenheim squadron had not before been in action. hA Squadron Leader also accounted for an enemy bomber, but his own ircraft was damaged and he had to take to his parachute. He landed afely. 
Another member of the squadron came on a homing Heinkel at6,ooo feet. The searchlights had picked it up and it made a perfect arget. But th~ British pilot was unlucky. Just when the Blenheim ame within range, the starboard engine began to give trouble and revented him from completing his attack. 
The Flight Lieutenant who brought down two German bombers within JJ minutes, shortly before 1 a.m. climbed up to 8,ooo feet from the ' . .c>ound when he saw the enemy aircraft caught in a searchlight beam. 
"I attacked from astern, closing to 50 yards and giving the 
nemy a four seconds burst," he said. "I saw my bullets enter the 
nemy aircraft and my windscreen was covered with oil. The enemy 
roke away and spiralled downwards out of the searchlight beams. 
then climbed to where another enemy aircraft was illuminated at 
2,000 feet and fired five 2 second bursts. Heavy smoke came from 
he enemy and a parachute opened close to it. This aircraft also 
·ent down in a spiral dive." 
This is a follow up of Air Ministry bulletin No.912 -Issue No.6 
of today). 

AIR MUHSTRY NO. 916 • . 19/6/l.t;O -No.30. 
12 KILLED 30 INJURED IN tAST NIGHT'S RAID. 
The Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security announces:­
Further reports of last night's air raids on this countryeonfirm that although large nwnbers of enemy aircraft were engaged and many bombs were dropped, little material damage was done. 
Eight houses in a Cambridgeshire town were de~Olished causing a nwnber of civilian casualties. 
Houses in several villages were hit, also a school. Several R.A.F. aerodromes were attacked without success, but some damage was done by a bomb which hit a pipeline leading to an oil wharf on the Thames Estuary. This caused a fire whioh was soon extinguished. 
So far aa can be ascertained the total casualties in last night's attacks amount to twelve killed and thirtyinjured. 
AIR AFFAIRS. 
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19/6/40 No, 31. 
. The French Arabas'Sador, speaking in the B. B. C's French I lews Serv:ice this (Wednesday) evening, said: ­
"'At a time when'French wireless stations are closing lovm, one after anot].1.er., . only to open up again under German ~ontrol, it is absolutely necessary that French listeners should 1e sure, whateve~ happens, of being able to listen to news from 
ndepenclent sources. The British BroadcastinG Corporation have aken steps to broadcast six times a a.ay a news service prepared ¥ French people for French people. As from this evening there-ore, French news services VITill be considerably increased; and 
wish to thanlc the B. B. c. You will find in this service, from ,ay to day, sure grounds for maintaining your faith in the future f our mother country. In the past France has known other times 
< 1f trial. She has always triumphed over them. However. dark, ,owever sad, the present hours may be, ;srou may be confident that . he native virtues of our race, steeled by misfortune, will en­ure the resurrection of our country." 
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AIR TUNISTRY No. 917 19/6/40 No. 32. 
AIR MINISTRY COMHUNIQUE 
The Air l\'linistry announces: ­
Enemy aircraft crossed our east and south coasts late tonight (Wednesday) • . 
Air raid warnings were sounded in a number of districts. 
Anti-aircraft defences are in action at several points•. 
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