1917
Fourteen Year Old Pony Driver is First Fatal Accident
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 19 January 1917
A pony driver, Joseph Lunners (14), of Bolton Road. Highgate who was employed at the Goldthorpe Colliery,...
Boom in Colliery Villages and Towns
Sheffield Telegraph, 9 February 1917
“Boom” in Colliery Villages and Towns
War loan enthusiasm has induced a boom in War Savings Associations in the Mexborough district....
Soldier – Froggatt, George, Henry – Killed in France
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 24, 1917
George Henry Froggatt
(Machine Gun Corps)
Goldthorpe - killed
Rank: Private
Service No: 9901
Date of Death: 07/01/1917
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)...
Soldier – Duffield, Arthur – Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 24, 1917
Sergeant Arthur Duffield
(K.O.Y.L.I.)
Goldthorpe - Killed
From C.W.G.C.:
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 21212
Date of Death: 16/09/1916
Regiment/Service: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th...
Soldier – Hough, Percy Townend – Military Cross for Brilliant Ranker
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 3, 1917
Goldthorpe Officer's Distinction
Military Cross for Brilliant Ranker
Capt Percy Townend Hough
We understand that captain Percy Townend Hough (Royal Engineers)...
Soldier – Kyte J. – Died of Wounds
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 3, 1917
Lance Corporal J. Kyte
(York & Lancs)
Goldthorpe - Died of Wounds
From C.W.G.C.: (possibly)
Rank: Private
Service No: 16184
Date of Death: 03/02/1917
Regiment/Service:...
Soldier – Rodgers H. – In France
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 17, 1917
Private H. Rodgers
(Sherwood Foresters)
Straight Lane, Goldthorpe - In France
Soldier – Rogers, Elijah – Goldthorpe Bomber’s D.C.M.
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 17, 1917
Goldthorpe Bomber’s D.C.M.
Private Elijah Rogers
(Grenadier Guards)
of Goldthorpe, a Hickleton Main miner who enlisted three months after the outbreak...
Soldier – Spencer R.H. – Military Medalist
Mexborough & Swinton Times April 21, 1917
Goldthorpe Military Medalist
Corporal R. H. Spencer
(Royal Engineers)
Corporal Spencer of Goldthorpe, formally a clerk at the Thurnscoe railway station,...
Soldier – Kilner, Thomas Henry – Killed with CSM
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 5, 1917
Sergeant Thomas Henry Kilner
(York and Lancs)
of Main Street Goldthorpe was killed on April 24.
He enlisted soon after the...