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Headmaster Joins the Army

July 1918
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 26 July 1918 William Winstanley, head master of the Central Boys' School. Mexborough, a member the Urban Council,...

Tired of Being a Deserter

July 1918
Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 16 July 1918 Tired of Being a Deserter Wilson Thompson, of Mexborough, pleaded guilty at Doncaster yesterday to being a deserter from...

Soldier – Edwards, Morris – Wounded and Prisoner

July 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918 Private. Horace Hepworth East Yorkshire Regiment Private. Horace Hepworth, 4, Kirkby street, .Mexboro', is reported wounded and a prisoner...

Soldiers – Brown Brothers – Captured, Wounded & Missing

July 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918 Three Mexboro' Brothers Captured, Wounded, and Missing, Pie. Edward Brown. (South Wales Borderers) (picture, left), 3, Lower Dolcliffe road, Mexboro'...

Soldier – Rothery J.S.– Died in France

July 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918 Sgt. J. S. Rothery (A.S.C.M.T.) Army Service Corps - Mech Transport Mexboro'. Died in France, From C.W.G.C.: Sergeant ROTHERY, J Service Number M2/019330 Died 25/06/1918 16th Motor...

Soldier – Squires, Henry – In Hospital

July 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918 Pte. Henry Squires Royal Warwickshire Regt. Private Squires, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Squires, Doncaster road, was...

The Water Supply of Mexborough.

August 1918
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 01 August 1918 The Water Supply of Mexborough. Local Government inquiry was held at Mexborough, yesterday, into application...

United Undenominational Service

August 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 05 August 1918 A United Undenominational Service, arranged at the instance of the Mexborough Urban Council (Mr. D. S. Humphreys),...

Excessive Charge for Rabbit

August 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 19 August 1918 In fining William Bunting, a Mexborough dealer, £5 for breach of the Rabbit Prices Order, the purchaser...

Stink Bombs In Cinema – Two Youths Sent To Prison.

August 1918
Leeds Mercury - Thursday 01 August 1918 Stink Bombs In Conisborough Cinema. Two Mexborough Youths Sent To Prison. Ostrick Gascoyne, eighteen, and Daniel Wildman, seventeen,...