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Marconigrams – July 22nd, 1944

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd 1944 Marconigrams Brampton Hospital Gala on Saturday realised £230 for the Mexborough Montagu and Barnsley Beckett Hospitals. A speaker on “Re-organisation of...

South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 Billeting Arrangements Work Well South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees Evacuees, mothers with small children and school children, have this week been...

A.T.S. Girl Attacked – Hard Labour for Goldthorpe Assailant

July 1944
South Yorkshire July 1st 1944 A.T.S. Girl Attacked Hard Labour for Goldthorpe Assailant Kenneth Rolfe (18), haulage hand of 13, Hope Avenue, Goldthorpe, was at the West...

Soldier – Doherty, William – Killed In Action

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 8th, 1944 Killed In Action Pte. William Henry Doherty, (20), son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Doherty, 70, Sandy Lane, Coventry,...

Soldier – Sales, Leonard – Killed In Action

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Killed In Action Mr and Mrs. Sales of 183, Furlong Road, Goldthorpe, have received official information that their son, Spr....

Marconigrams – July 15th, 1944

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Marconigrams The directors of the Midland Bank Limited announce an Interim Dividend for the half year ended June 30th last...

Soldier – Bright, Kenneth – Prisoner in Germany

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 8th, 1944 Prisoner in Germany Here is a picture of Kenneth Bright of Goldthorpe, taken from a group recently sent to his...

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...