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Soldier – Handley A. – Military Medallist

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Military Medallist Sgt. A. Handley (29), of the York and Lancs. Regiment, joined up in February 1933, and has seen...

Soldier & Airman – Bentham Brothers – Met In Egypt

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 Met In Egypt Two Goldthorpe brothers, L/Cpl. Raymond Bentham (28), Royal Engineers and Cpl. Harry Bentham (23), R.A.F., have met...

Soldiers – Pinches, Clarence & Hargrave, Clifford – Met In Hospital

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Met In Hospital   Fighting almost side by side in Normandy, though they did not know it until they met in...

Editorial – Shadow of Defeat

1 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Shadow of Defeat With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans.  Having got our...

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 – Germany at Bay

15 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Germany at Bay Caen, the Norman town in the streets of which British airborne troops were fighting on the night...

Editorial – Careless Talk

22 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Careless Talk Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...

Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 When Rogues Fall Out Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...