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Soldier – Hague, Wilfred – Commando On Leave
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
On Leave
L/Cpl. Wilfred Hague (30), a member of the Commandos, is home on leave pending an operation after wounds...
Editorial – Women at War
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Women at War
Mr. Bevin is credited as the initiator of the vast meeting of British women held in...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 02nd 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
The following casualties were treated at the Montagu Hospital during the week ending September 29th.
Wednesday
John...
Editorial – The Coal Debate
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
The Coal Debate
A good many straws which have hovered in the wind for the last few weeks were...
Editorial – Europe’s Ordeal
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Europe’s Ordeal
The sack of Naples by the retreating Germans is a horrid foretaste of what is in store...
Editorial – Greece in Travail
South Yorkshire Times, 16 December 1944
Greece in Travail
There is a significant obduracy about ‘the manner in which the Greek ‘“rebels” (as General Scobie's...
Mr. J. A. Hall’s Broadcast on Barnburgh Disaster
South Yorkshire Times October 3rd 1942
Mr. J. A. Hall’s Broadcast on Barnburgh Disaster
Mere words cannot describe the hardships undertaken by the rescuers. I can...
Marconigrams – July 29th, 1932
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 29 July 1932
Marconigrams
Work will commence next week on a new Labour Exchange to be erected in Mexborough.
A second...
Soldier – Westwood, Tom – Service Snaps
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Service Snaps
L.A.C. Tom Westwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Westwood of 126 Highgate Road, Highgate, is in the Middle...
Soldier – Wise, William James – POW On Way Back From Germany
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
On Way Back From Germany
Goldthorpe Prisoner of War
Among the British prisoners of war being repatriated from German prison...
Soldier – Sewell, James – Presumed Killed
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Presumed Killed
Cpl. James Sewell, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. Sewell who was reported missing in the...
Editorial – Looking Beyond Victory
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Looking Beyond Victory
It is unwise to build hopes too high on speeches, even on those of such a reputable...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week's Casualty List
Wednesday:
Donald Beighton (18). 239, Wath Road, Mexborough, foot injury;
Horace Hornsby, 91, Main Street,...
Editorial – A Well-Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, 2 December 1944
A Well-Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk evacuation,...
Editorial – Twice Taught Lesson
South Yorkshire Times 18 November 1944
Twice Taught Lesson
Royal Air Force Lancasters intervened dramatically in the inconclusive Battleships versus Bombs debate this week. The sinking...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 9, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List Out-patient Casualties treated from Wednesday (12 noon), 29/9/43, to Wednesday (12 noon), 6/10/43.
Wednesday:
Ernest Copley,...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 September 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
The following casualties were treated at Mexborough Montagu Hospital during the...
Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944
Japan’s Turn
Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...
Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace
South Yorkshire Times, 22 January 1944
Pitfalls of Peace
An estrangement such as that which has developed between the Soviet and the Polish Governments is the...
Editorial – Russian Recoil
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 January 1944
Russian Recoil
It is nearly two and a half years since the German armies crossed the old Soviet-...
Soldier – Bradley E.H. – Promotion With “Eighth”
South Yorkshire Times, September 18th 1943
Promotion With “Eighth"
Mrs. E. Bradley, of 27, Lindale Gardens, Goldthorpe, has had word from her husband, Lieut. E. H....
Editorial – Into the New Year
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 January 1944
Into the New Year
As we stand on the threshold of the New Year there is an air...
Editorial – Hammer And Sickle
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944
Hammer And Sickle
Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...
Editorial – Down But Not Out
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944
Down But Not Out
It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...
New Minister
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
New Minister
The Rev. and Mrs. John Hulley took up residence at Goldthorpe last Thursday.
Mr. Hulley comes to take the...