1916 Quarter 1
Soldier – Hornsby, Ernest – Died of Dysentery
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 15 1916
Private Ernest Hornsby, 25th Royal Fusiliers
Died of Dysentery
Soldier – Stead, Harold – Missing since Loos
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 15, 1916
Private Harold Stead, 10th Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Harold Stead of 51, Dodsworth Street, Mexborough, has been missing since the...
Soldier – Taylor, Ernest – Wounded and in Hopspital
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 1916
Private Ernest Taylor 10th York and Lancs
Private Ernest Taylor, 33 Kirby Street, Mexborough was wounded in Flanders on December...
Soldier – Twigg, Ernest – Wounded and in Hospital
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 1916
Lance Corporal Ernest Twigg, Mexborough
5th York and Lancaster
Private Taylor (10th York and Lancaster) of 33 Kirkby St, Mexborough, was...
Soldiers – Cooke Brothers – Two Wounded
Heroes All
Four Mexborough Brothers; Two Wounded
Private G.A. Cooke, 9th K O Y L I
Lance Corporal Sydney Cooke, 8th K O Y L I
Private G.A....
Wounded Soldiers at Mexborough Hospital
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 1, 1916
Wounded Soldiers at Mexborough Hospital
Wounded soldiers at the Montagu Hospital make the most of their enforced confinement during...
A ‘Bus Accident
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 26, 1916
A party, numbering about 30 members of the Wesleyan Brotherhood, had a somewhat startling experience on Saturday night...
Mexborough Athlete’s Fate – Victim to “Spotted Fever” – Blow to Local Sport
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 12, 1916
Mexborough Athlete's Fate
Mr Walter Nicholson
A Victim to "Spotted Fever"
Blow to Local Sport
Soldier – Briggs W.H. – No Hope. Mexborough Man’s fate
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 5, 1916
No Hope
Mexborough man’s Fate
Private WH Briggs, Mexborough
(6th York and Lancs)
Mrs Briggs of 10, Foundry Lane, Mexborough, has been...
Soldier – Brown F.R. – Wounded in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 5, 1916
Rifleman F.R. Brown
(7th K.R.R.)
of 12 John Street, Mexborough, wopunded in action on January 19th.
He is 21, married and...