1917
Soldier – White W. – Killed in Action in France
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 13, 1917
Private W. White
(York and Lancs)
aged 20, son of Mr and Mrs W White of 1, Raikes Street, Mexborough,...
Soldier – Wood R. – Cadeby Man Killed in Action in France
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 27, 1917
Private R. Wood
(York & Lancs)
Mrs Jackson 30 Lower Dolcliffe Rd, Mexborough, has received news that her son, Private...
Bricklayer – Sanitary Inspector
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 17, 1917
Bricklayer – Sanitary Inspector
Sgt William Percival Wright, of the R.A.M.C., sanitary section of Pitt St, Mexborough, who was...
Death of “Blondin” Shaw – Most Remarkable Man
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 17, 1917
Death of “Blondin” Shaw
Mexborough’s Most Remarkable Man
Mr John Shaw, 13, Dodsworth Street, Mexborough, died on Saturday of pneumonia,...
Inhuman Mexborough Mother – Burns Children’s Hands
Mexborough Swinton Times February 17, 1917
Inhuman Mexborough Mother
Burns Children’s Hands
“To Keep Them From The Fire.”
A revolting story of a Mexborough woman’s cruelty to a...
Mexborough War Nurse – Miss Doris Wall
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 10, 1917
A Mexborough War Nurse
Miss Doris Wall, Mexborough
Miss Doris Wall, daughter of Mr and Mrs G.W. Wall of 30,...
Soldier – Brown E. – Gunshot Wound
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 17, 1917
Private E Brown
(South Wales Borderers)
Aged 19, single, 1 Dolcliffe Rd, Mexborough, is now in hospital in France with...
Soldier – Gothard H., – Lost his Left Hand
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 17, 1917
Lance Corporal H Gothard
of 6 Oxford Street, Wath Road, was severely wounded last November and is awaiting his...
Soldier – Kirbyson, David – Military Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 17, 1917
A Mexborough Medallist
Private David Kirbyson (R.A.M.C.)
Private David Kirbyson (R.A.M.C.), formerly an engine cleaner in the locomotive department, G.C.Railway,...