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Fashionable Thurnscoe Wedding

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times, September 8, 1917 The marriage took place on Wednesday at St Helens, Thurnscoe, of Mr William Eastland Ann, second son of...

Soldier – Oldfield H.– Wounded

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 15, 1917 Private H Oldfield K.O.Y.L.I. Thurnscoe – Wounded, Goldthorpe

Soldier – Sanderson J.A.– Killed

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 8, 1917 Sergeant J A Sanderson Lancashire Fusiliers   Thurnscoe – Killed

Offences in Coal Mines – Large Number of Defendants At Doncaster

October 1917
Leeds Mercury - Monday 08 October 1917 Offences in Coal Mines Large Number of Defendants At Doncaster A large number of pit employees were before the...

Cruelty to a Pony

October 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 13, 1917 A Thurnscoe pony driver, George Astbury, pleaded guilty to cruelty to a pony. Mr W Baddiley, said there were...

Soldier – Deakin T. – Policeman Killed

October 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 27, 1917 Sgt T Deakin Royal Field Artillery Sgt Deakin, R.F.A., whose mother lives at Church Street Thurnscoe has been killed. He...

Soldier – Dolby J. – Died of Wounds

October 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 20, 1917 Lance Corporal J Dolby Mrs Dalby, School View, Thurnscoe, has received official, information that her husband Lance Corporal J...

Soldier – Wilson G.A. – Wounded and Missing

November 1917
Mexborough and Swinton TimesNovember 24, 1917 Private G.A.Wilson Machine Gun Corps Thurnscoe – Wounded and Missing C.W.G.C.: Possibly: Private WILSON, GEORGE ARTHUR Service Number 10184 Died 26/08/1917 143rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Soldier – Dolby J.– Killed

November 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times , November 3, 1917 Lance Corporal J. Dolby York and Lancaster Thurnscoe – killed From C.W.G.C.: Lance Corporal DOLBY, J T Service Number 19387 Died 09/10/1917 Aged 33 6th Bn. York...

Soldier – Cliff W. – Modest Thurnscoe Hero

November 1917
Mexborough & Swinton Times, November 24, 1917 Modest Thurnscoe Hero A correspondent who signs himself "One of the Medicals' (presumably a soldier of the R.A.M.C.), writes...