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Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 September 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
The following casualties were treated at Mexborough Montagu Hospital during the...
Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944
Japan’s Turn
Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...
Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace
South Yorkshire Times, 22 January 1944
Pitfalls of Peace
An estrangement such as that which has developed between the Soviet and the Polish Governments is the...
Editorial – Russian Recoil
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 January 1944
Russian Recoil
It is nearly two and a half years since the German armies crossed the old Soviet-...
Soldiers – Freeman A. & R. – Veterans Of Desert War – Brothers Back...
South Yorkshire Times, September 18th 1943
Veterans Of Desert War
Mexborough Brothers Back Home
Back in this country after being in the thick of the fighting in...
Editorial – Into the New Year
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 January 1944
Into the New Year
As we stand on the threshold of the New Year there is an air...
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...
Editorial – Down But Not Out
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944
Down But Not Out
It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...
Editorial – Pontine Portent
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 January 1944
Pontine Portent
After Dieppe and Salerno the successful establishment of the Pontine bridgehead constitutes a bright augury,...
Awarded American Bronze Star
Wilfred Marshall – American Bronze Star
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 06 July 1946
Awarded Medal
Mr, Wilfred Marshall, of 7, York Street, Mexborough, who, until his...
Military Medallist
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 February 1946
Military Medallist
Bombardier Jack Williams (25), only son of Mrs, and the late Mr. W, Williams, has been...
Airman – Chambers, George Henry – P.O.W. in Japan
December 24, 1943
C.W.G.C.
Aircraftsman 1st Class George Henry Chambers
Service Number 1059768
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died December 24th 1943 aged 23 years
Circumstances of Death: P.O.W. death,...
Soldier – Cutts, Wilson Jesse – Died in Holland
September 30, 1944
C.W.G.C.
Lance Bombardier Wilson Jesse Cutts
Service Number 11408335
Royal Artillery 392 Bty., Lt. A. A. Regt.
Died September 30th 1944 aged 32 years
Buried or commemorated...
Soldier – Briggs, George William – Killed in Action
South Yorkshire Times, March 24th 1945
Gnr. George William Briggs
Mr. J. Briggs, 40, Swinton Road, Mexborough, has received news that his son, Gnr. George William...
Airman – Andrews, Trevour Audrey – Lost In Java Action
Flight Lieut. Trevor Aubrey Andrews
South Yorkshire Times, January 2nd 1943
Mr. Trevor A. Andrews, second son of Mr. E. Andrews, Electrical Engineer to Mexborough Urban...
Soldier – Reed, Sidney Gordon – Awarded B.E.M.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 13 January 1945
Awarded B.E.M.
Sgt. Sidney Gordon Reed (30), son of Mr., and the late Mrs. Reed, of 1, Dudley...
Soldier – Thorpe, Albert Bateson -Gallantry in Italy Wins M.M.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 March 1945
Gallantry in Italy
Mexborough Man Wins M.M.
L/Cpl. Albert Bateson Thorpe, Royal Signals, whose parents live at 34,...
Soldier – Liceon, Percy – Sad News.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 20 October 1945
Sad News.
After spending three years as a prisoner of war in Germany, Pte. Percy Liceon whose e...
Silver Souvenir.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 December 1945
Silver Souvenir.
Driver Walter Long is back home again after three and a half years abroad and has...
Cage Crash at Denaby – Pumpman’s Death Fall
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 April 1943
Cage Crash at Denaby
Pumpman’s Death Fall
The crashing of a cage in a shaft at Denaby Main...
Airman – Fletcher, Derrick – Young Pilot Killed – Family’s Tragic Loss
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1945
Young Pilot Killed
Mexborough Family’s Tragic Loss
A Mexborough R.A.F. Officer Flying Officer, Derrick Fletcher (23), only son of Mr....
Soldier – Tune, Ronald – P.O.W. in Singapore
August 24, 1943
C.W.G.C.
Gunner Ronald Tune
Service Number: 942942
Royal Artillery 5 Field Regiment
Died August 24th 1943 aged 24 years
Buried or commemorated at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 2.K.51....
Tank Warfare – Mexboro’ Rotarian’s First-hand Impressions
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 September 1946
Tank Warfare
Mexboro’ Rotarian’s First-hand Impressions
Rotarian J. B. Brooke Smith. Vice-president of the Mexborough and District...
King’s Message to Mexborough Ex-Sailor
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 June 1947
King’s Message to Mexborough Ex-Sailor
Demobilised from the Royal Navy 18 months ago with the rank of coxswain,...
Soldier – Lake, William Ellis – Guardsman Dies Of Wounds
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 June 1940
Guardsman Dies Of Wounds
Mexboro' Wife Bereaved
Guardsman William Ellis Lake, of 143. Adwick Road, Mexborough, died...