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Soldiers – Porter, Davis and Chance – All Wounded

July 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 1916 Private E J Porter (Northumberland Fusiliers) Mrs E J Porter, of South View, Thurnscoe East, has received news that her...

Editorial – Forward !

8 July 1916
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 July 1916 Forward! The Allied offensive on the Western front has opened, and is proceeding steadily; we are...

Soldier – Harrison A. – Missing and Killed in Great Advance

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 1916 Private A. Harrison (York & Lancs) Thurnscoe - Missing From C.W.G.C.: Date of Death:01/07/1916 Age: 28 Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment 8th Bn. Panel Reference: Pier and...

Soldier – Ryles T.E. – Wounded

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 5, 1916 Private T.E. Ryles (York & Lancs) Thurnscoe - Wounded

Soldier – Simmonds L. – Fever

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 1916 Gunner L Simmonds (Royal Field Artillery) Thurnscoe - Fever

Soldier – Westerman – Lance Corporal Killed

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 26, 1916 Lance Corporal Westerman Thurnscoe - Killed

Soldier – Whitehouse E. – Sergeant Killed

August 1916
Sergeant E Whitehouse (York & Lancs) Thurnscoe - Killed From C.W.G.C.: Service No: 1618 Date of Death: 12/08/1916 Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference: VIII. E. 2. Cemetery: LONSDALE...

Soldier – Gill T. – Awarded D.C.M.

September 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, September 2, 1916 Private T. Gill (K.O.Y.L.I.) Thurnscoe, was awarded the D.C.M. for holding a communication trench for 17 hours, after his comrades...

Soldier – Hodgkinson – Missing

September 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, September 9, 1916 Corporal W H Hodgkinson (York & Lancs) Thurnscoe - Missing

Soldier – Murrell, Colin – Awarded D.C.M.

September 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, September 2, 1916 Brave Thurnscoe Sergeant Sergeant Colin Murrell (Royal Engineers) of Garden Street, Thurnscoe, has won the D.C.M. by repairing telephone wires under...