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Soldier – Theobold, Clarence – Eight Years Abroad
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...