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Soldier – Baillie – Assumed Missing

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 A Thurnscoe soldier, Private D. Baillie (37), of 30, Deightonby Street, Thurnscoe East, has been assumed...

Soldier – Fish, Jack – Last Wrote on June 5th.

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Last Wrote on June 5th. The family of Gunner Jack Fish, Royal Artillery, whose home is at...

Soldier – Squire H. – Was Missing now P.O.W.

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 After being reported missing since May, official news that Cpl. H. Squire is a prisoner of...

Soldier – Jameson, Jack – Cheerful Gunner

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Cheerful Gunner Gunner Jack Jameson, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. 11. Jameson, of 24, Windsor Street,...

Editorial – Factors in the Fight

3 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 10 August 1940 Factors in the Fight The "threatenings and slaughter ", breathed backward and forward across the North...

Editorial – Britain’s Battle Begins

17 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 17 August 1940 Britain's Battle Begins The battle for local air supremacy," an essential preliminary to any" serious attempt...

Editorial – The Spell is Broken

24 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 August 1940 The Spell is Broken An important consequence of the brilliant defence against which the air Blitzkrieg...

Editorial – The First Year of Armageddon

31 August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 August 1940 The First Year of Armageddon And so we come to the end of the first terrible...