South Yorkshire Times January 16, 1943

Sailor Wins Cup

When on seven days leave in Cape Town, South Africa last year. Meaning Seaman and Torpedoman Arthur Meese, eldest son of Mr. and Meese of 5 Browning Rd, Mexborough, won a waltz competition for which he received a silver cup.

Leading Seaman Meese returned on Saturday after 21 days’ leave,  the first he has had since joining the Navy in 1940.

He stayed with a Mr and Mrs Gardner while on leave in Cape Town and said they were very good to him. They took him round by car and gave him an excellent time. It was on a visit to the New Orchids Dance Club that he won the competition.

Leading Seaman Meese is full of praise for the South Africans, whom he says treat all Servicemen generously. Although he would like to visit South Africa again, Arthur was very pleased to be home again. A keen fisherman, he had an excellent opportunity of taking up his favourite sport in Capetown. When he was only 13 he won a medal in a Doncaster juvenile competition. The South Yorkshire Times was very welcome out there and he looked forward to receiving it.

Leading Seaman Meese has taken part in naval actions in several parts of the world and was in some of the convoys to Malta.

When he left Mexborough he was Ordinary Seaman and joins his unit to study for further promotion. Before volunteering he was employed at Dale Brown’s, Swinton, and is an old boy of Adwick Road, School