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Soldier – Pycock P. – Killed

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 2, 1918 Sergeant P Pycock Royal Garrison Artillery Mexborough – Killed From C.W.G.C.: Sergeant PYCOCK, PERCY WALDEMAR Service Number 37571 Died 08/05/1918 Aged 23 319th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison...

Soldier – Thornton, Jesse – Killed by Enemy Shell

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 2, 1918 Lance Corporal Jesse Thornton York and Lancaster Lance Corporal Jesse Thornton, Rockingham house, Herbert Street, Mexborough, was killed by an...

Soldier – Waller: Original – Missing Confirmed Dead

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 2 1918 Private Reginald Waller Machine Gun Company Private Ward of Oliver St, Mexborough, has been missing since March 21. He enlisted at...

Another Mexborough Man Home from Germany

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 30, 1918 Another Mexborough man home from Germany Bugler W Lockett, K.O.Y.L.I. of Swinton Road, Mexborough, was one of the batch...

Armageddon Ended – End of the Great War

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 16, 1918 Armageddon Ended End of the Great War Germany “Down And Out.” Submission to the Allies Drastic Armistice Terms Allies to Hold Rhineland and...

Presentations and Gratitude to Men who have Won the War.

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 16, 1918 Presentations at Denaby Gratitude to Men who have Won the War. Mr. Chambers on What we owe them There was an...

Soldier – Holloway Seth – Military Medal

November 1918
South Yorkshire Times, November 23, 1918 Spr. Seth Holloway Royal Engineers Sapper Seth Holloway, of Pitt street, Mexboro', has been awarded the Military Medal for keeping communications...

Soldier – Denis T.E .– Mexborough Tradesmen Back From Gemany.

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 23, 1918 Mexborough Tradesmen Back From Gemany. Private TE Dennis of the Norfolk Regiment, a native of Mexborough, proprietor of a...

Editorial – A Well Kept Watch

December 1918
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 A Well Kept Watch On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...

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...