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Soldier – Hague, Wilfred – Commando On Leave

November 1943
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

2 October 1943
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

October 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

16 October 1943
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

9 October 1943
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

16 December 1944
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

October 1942
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

July 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

November 1943
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

October 1943
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

November 1943
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

23 October 1943
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

October 1943
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

2 December 1944
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

18 November 1944
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

October 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

September 1943
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

28 October 1944
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

22 January 1944
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

8 January 1944
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”

September 1943
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

1 January 1944
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

8 July 1944
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

12 August 1944
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

September 1943
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...