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Editorial – Alas for France – The Bombing Begins

22 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1940 Alas For France Our unhappy Ally has been struck down at our side and we fight on—alone.  Yet not...

Editorial – Pawned By Petain

29 June 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 June 1940 Pawned By Petain Mr. Churchill has said sufficient to indicate that the French capitulation, if not...

Editorial – Total Defence (audio)

20 July 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 20 July 1940 Total Defence In spite of the magnanimity of Mr. Churchill's attitude to the traitors of Vichy,...

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...