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