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Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – Final Year of the War

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 Victory Year. The Stirring Events of 1918. South Yorkshire's Part in the Final Effort. We have passed through the year of...

Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – South Yorkshire’s Part

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 While the battle raged on the Western Front, the people in the South Yorkshire district were doing their...

Gamblers Plunge Into The River.

December 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 04 December 1918 Gamblers Plunge Into The River. Seventeen men from Mexbro’ and district were charged at Doncaster, yesterdav, with...

“The Diamond Gang.”

December 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 31 December 1918 “The Diamond Gang.” At the Rotherham West Riding Court, yesterday, assault by two members of the “Diamond...

Soldier – Dawson F.– Wounded

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 Private F.Dawson King's Own Scottish Borderers Mexborough – Wounded

Soldier – Hanson G.A.– Wounded

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 Private G.A. Hanson He's Yorkshire Regiment Mexborough – Wounded

Soldier – Bradley, Charles – Died of Wounds

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 21, 1918 Private Charles Radley York and Lancaster Mexborough – Died of Wounds From C.W.G.C.: Private RADLEY, CHARLES Service Number 242416 Died 30/06/1918 Aged 21 7th Bn. York and Lancaster...

Soldier – Davies W.– Died of Bronchitis

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 21, 1918 Private W Davies Royal Welsh Fusiliers Mexborough – Died of Bronchitis Pte. Walter Davies, late of the 6th Garrison Battalion, Royal...

Soldier – Shepherd, Charles – Repatriated

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 21, 1918 Private Charles Shepherd Private Charles Shepard is among the local men from Germany. He is 19 years of age,...

Soldier – Smith, John J.– Killed in Action

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 14, 1918 Cpl. John J. Smith York and Lancaster Corporal John Smith, 1,, Sarah street, Mexboro';  was killed in action on August...