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Soldier – Gibbons A.– Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 14, 1917
Private A Gibbons
Mr J Gibbons, treasurer of the Hickleton Main Branch, YMCA, has received official information that his...
Soldier – Rogers A.– Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 28, 1917
Lance Corporal Arthur Eli Rogers
Youngest son of Mrs Rogers, Togo buildings, Thurnscoe, was killed in action on June 6.
A...
Soldier – Beattie C. – Accidentally Drowned
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 11, 1917
Sapper C Beattie
Mrs Beattie, of Hawthorne house, received official information that her husband, Sapper Chris Beattie (Royal Engineers)...
Fashionable Thurnscoe Wedding
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
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 15, 1917
Private H Oldfield
K.O.Y.L.I.
Thurnscoe – Wounded, Goldthorpe
Soldier – Sanderson J.A.– Killed
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
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
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
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
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...