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Soldier – Williamson, Kenneth – Missing in Middle East

February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 7 February 1942 Driver Kenneth S. Williamson, son of Mrs. H. Wood, 22, Wellington Street, Goldthorpe, has been posted missing...

Editorial – Singapore

7 February 1942
South Yorkhire Times - Saturday 7 February 1942 Singapore We have not yet got accustomed to the terrific pace of this war. In Russia, where...

Editorial – Hail, Russia!

14 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 February 1942 Hail, Russia! Who would have supposed, when Stalin gave Hitler a free hand against Poland, Britain, and...

Editorial – United We Stand

21 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, Feb. 21st, 1942. United We Stand Though checked a little by successes in Russia and Libya our war fortunes have taken a...

Editorial – The Cripps Touch

28 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, Feb. 28th, 1942. The Cripps Touch The House of Commons has been helped through its crisis of nerves by the Prime Minister,...

Marconigrams – March 14th, 1942

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 March 1942 Marconigrams Over 250 in-patients and out-patients are attended to daily at the Mexborough Montagu Hospital. Congratulations to Dearne District,...

Warship Week Crescendo

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 Warship Week Crescendo Most of the South Yorkshire towns and rural districts have now held their warship...

Editorial – Loss Upon Loss!

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Loss Upon Loss! Java and Lower Burma have vanished for a time beneath the Japanese tidal wave....

Editorial – Time To Strip

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Time To Strip The Allies continue to wage unequal war in the Pacific. The scene changes to Java...

Editorial – The Next Round

21 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 The Next Round Mr. Roosevelt has answered Mr. Curtin's appeal with an expeditionary force for Australia under...