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From George VI to Sir Mark Young, Hong Kong's Governor, went a chin-up message: "The thoughts of all at home are with you and the people of Hong Kong in your ordeal. I congratulate all ranks of the fighting forces on their courageous resistance in the face of heavy odds and I send all my best wishes to you and all in the island...
Winston Churchill cabled Captain Agnew congratulations. King George VI named him a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath for his deed, unprecedented in World War II: finding and destroying an entire convoy...
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth last week reviewed a newly arrived contingent of U.S. and Canadian volunteers for various R.A.F. services. The cheery Queen stopped in front of a lad of six feet three in the Canadian contingent and remarked: "All you Canadians seem to be tall...
...London wit suggested that Editor Dawson should be elevated to the peerage and take the title of Lord Dawson of Ink-to distinguish him from Lord Dawson of Penn (George VI's physician-in-ordinary...
...year-old subjects of King George VI have been in the country for about a week and expect to remain three months longer while their ship, the cruiser "Newcastle" undergoes a complete overhauling in the Boston Navy Yard...