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Soldier – Theobold, Clarence – Eight Years Abroad

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Eight Years Abroad Pte. Clarence Theobold is home on leave after serving for the last 8 ½ years abroad. The son...

Montagu Hospital – The Weeks Casualty List – 28 October 1939

October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Montagu Hospital The Weeks Casualty List Admitted cases: Sunday: Elizabeth Harrington, Sandygate Wath, back injuries, road accident: Mary...

Editorial – Adolf Strafe England

28 October 1939
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 October 1939 Adolf Strafe England The war still hangs fire but the German Foreign Minister came in front of the...

Soldiers – Bond Brothers – Brothers Meet Abroad

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Brothers Meet Aroad A recent chance meeting in a cinema in North Africa, of two Mexborough brothers, Gunner Thomas Arnold...

Editorial – November 13th, 1943 – To The Bitter End

13 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 To The Bitter End Hitler’s speech, sandwiched between those of Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill, did not gain anything...

Soldier – Hooley J. – Verses On Salerno

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Verses On Salerno Cpl. J. Hooley who is serving with the Mediterranean Forces, has sent home to his wife Mrs....

Editorial – Ripening The Harvest

27 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Ripening The Harvest The Bomb blizzard which has struck Berlin during the last few days while only a further...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 13th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday Reginald Gilbert, 115, Wath Road, Mexborough, foreign body in eye; Derek Earp (13), 95,...

Editorial – Looking for Trouble

20 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Looking For Trouble There is still a good deal that is not clear about the unrest in the Lebanon,...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 20th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday Bernard Cooper, 151, Becknoll Road. Brampton, foreign body in eye. Thursday Elizabeth Cole, 8,...

Soldiers – Jackson Brothers – Brothers In Forces

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943 Brothers In Forces Three brothers of a well-known Thurnscoe family are in the Forces.  They are the sons of Mr....

Editorial – Common Cause

6 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Common Cause News from Moscow was scanty for the duration of the conference between Britain, the United States and...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 27th 1943

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday George Hunter, 30, Lindale Gardens, Goldthorpe, foreign body in eye; Betty Nelson (17½)...

Airman – Harrison, George Henry – Airman’s Funeral

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Airman's Funeral A/C1 George Henry Harrison (21), R.A.F., who was killed an active service on Sunday, Nov. 14th, was the...

Editorial – Women at War

2 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Women at War Mr. Bevin is credited as the initiator of the vast meeting of British women held in...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 02nd 1943

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List The following casualties were treated at the Montagu Hospital during the week ending September 29th. Wednesday John...

Editorial – The Coal Debate

16 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943 The Coal Debate A good many straws which have hovered in the wind for the last few weeks were...

Editorial – Europe’s Ordeal

9 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943 Europe’s Ordeal The sack of Naples by the retreating Germans is a horrid foretaste of what is in store...

Editorial – Greece in Travail

16 December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 16 December 1944 Greece in Travail There is a significant obduracy about ‘the manner in which the Greek ‘“rebels” (as General Scobie's...

Marconigrams – July 29th, 1932

July 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 July 1932 Marconigrams Work will commence next week on a new Labour Exchange to be erected in Mexborough. A second...

Airman – Westwood, Tom

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Service Snaps L.A.C. Tom Westwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Westwood of 126 Highgate Road, Highgate, is in the Middle...

Marconigrams – October 23rd, 1943

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Marconigrams The Rev. A. C. E. Bennett, Vicar of St. Hilda's, Thurnscoe, has been nominated to the living of...

Editorial – Looking Beyond Victory

23 October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Looking Beyond Victory It is unwise to build hopes too high on speeches, even on those of such a reputable...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Wednesday: Donald Beighton (18). 239, Wath Road, Mexborough, foot injury; Horace Hornsby, 91, Main Street,...

Marconigrams – 25th September 1943

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943 Marconigrams Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...