1918
Soldier – Freeman, Archie – Military Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1918
Sergeant Archie Freeman
South Wales Borderers
Sergeant Freeman, 138 Main Street Mexborough,who was presented with the Military Medal on Whit Monday...
Soldiers – Wells – How a D.C.M. was Won
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
Company Sgt.-Maior Ridgill Hutton Wells (Royal Fusiliers), (picture left) eldest son of Mrs Wells, Market Street, Mexborough, won...
Soldiers – Lewis, Arthur & Albert – One Wounded & One Gassed,
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1918
Mexborough Brothers.
One Wounded and One Gassed,
Private Arthur Lewis (K.O.Y.L.I.) and Private Albert Lewis (Northumberland Fusiliers)
Official news has been...
Soldier – Hoxton J.W. – Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1918
Sergeant J.W.Hoxton, M.M.
York and Lancaster
Mexborough – Killed
Headmaster Joins the Army
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
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
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
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
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
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...