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Soldiers – Thornton Brothers – Mexboro’ Signalman’s Impressions
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Mexboro’ Signalman’s Impressions
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, 50, Doncaster Road, Mexborough, have two sons, both serving overseas, Ronald (31), joined...
Ringer Fifty Years
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Ringer Fifty Years
Mr. Ernest Bell (74), of 104, Arnold Crescent, Mexborough, has completed over 50 years as bell ringer...
Mexborough Wardens Win Cup
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Mexborough Wardens Win Cup
The final for the Shillito Cup, open to teams of Wardens of the Mexborough Sub-Division, was...
Sailor – Taylor, Alan – Globe Trotter At Seventeen
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Globe Trotter At Seventeen
Mexborough Seaman’s Travels
A Mexborough youth who, although only 17, has already seen a good deal...
Marconigrams – November 6th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943
Marconigrams
The Swinton branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has been revived.
Coun. P.B....
Soldiers – Howlett Brothers & Cousins – Sgt. D. Cope – C.P.O. J. T...
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Sgt. D. Cope – C.P.O. J. T Howlett – F. Howlett
Mrs. Grocott, of Church Street, Cudworth, sends us news...
Soldier – Kisby, James F. – Kept Malta Entertained
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Kept Malta Entertained
Versatile Mexborough Sapper
The “Teddy Brown of Malta,” the name given by the people of the George...
Soldiers – Bond Brothers – Brothers Meet Abroad
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
Brothers Meet Abroad
A recent chance meeting in a cinema in North Africa, of two Mexborough brothers, Gunner Thomas Arnold...
Soldier – Stanton, Ernest – “Show Boat” In Germany
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
“Show Boat” In Germany
Cpl. Ernest Stanton of 50, Oliver Street, Mexborough, who is a prisoner of war in Germany,...
Soldier – Evans – Convalesent Home
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943
L/Cpl. Evans of 11, Albert Road, Mexborough, and a friend, photographed at a British Convalescent Home in Algiers, where...
Editorial – November 13th, 1943 – To The Bitter End
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
To The Bitter End
Hitler’s speech, sandwiched between those of Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill, did not gain anything...
Soldier – Riley E. – Soldier’s Broadcast
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Soldier’s Broadcast
Mr. and Mrs. H. Riley, of 136, Hirstgate, Mexborough listened in on Sunday morning at 7-50 to a...
Sailor – Venables, George – Moved To Germany
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Moved To Germany
Able Seaman George Venables is one of those prisoners of war recently transferred from Italy to Germany.
He...
Soldier – Wadsworth, William Arthur – In Germany Now
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
In Germany Now
“We have been doing a lot of travelling since last I wrote to you from Italy,” writes...
Soldier – Grainger, John – With H.M. Forces
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
South Yorkshire Men With H.M. Forces
Gunner John Grainger, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grainger, ,of Hirstgate, Mexborough,...
Soldiers – Earp, Reginald & Walter – With H.M. Forces
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
South Yorkshire Men With H.M. Forces
Former Aircraft Workers
Gunner Reginald Earp R.A. (below) and Trooper Walter Earp R.A.C., sons of...
Editorial – Ripening The Harvest
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943
Ripening The Harvest
The Bomb blizzard which has struck Berlin during the last few days while only a further...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – November 13th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
Wednesday
Reginald Gilbert, 115, Wath Road, Mexborough, foreign body in eye; Derek Earp (13), 95,...
Cinemas – Empire, Majestic & Oxford – Colonel Blimp
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
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Soldier – Judge, Frank – Twenty First Birthday
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Twenty First Birthday
Here is a picture of Dvr. Frank Judge, R.E.M.E, eldest son of Mr, and Mrs, F. Judge,...
Soldier – Dryden, Thomas, Henry – Serving in Ceylon
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Serving in Ceylon
A former miner Gunner Thomas Henry Dryden (32), of 20, West Road, Mexborough, has been in Ceylon...
Hospital Prize Day – Commendable Innovation at Mexborough
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943
Group of Nurses to whom prizes were presented at the Montagu Hospital on Saturday by the Dean of the...
Mexborough Red Cross Rally
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943
A group photographed at last week’s Mexborough Red Cross Rally, with Maud, Countess Fitzwilliam seated in the centre
The total...