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Airman – Hibbert, Edward – Missing Airman

June 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 June 1940 Missing Airman Mr. and Mrs. Hibbert, of 40. West Road, Mexborough, have received news, that that their...

Sailor – Dorman, Eric – Sailor Believed Drowned – Serving In “Calypso”

June 1940
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 June 1940 Mexborough Sailor Believed Drowned Serving In "Calypso" A 20-year-old Mexborough sailor has been posted missing, believed drowned, following...

Soldier – Lake, William Ellis – Guardsman Dies Of Wounds

June 1940
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 June 1940 Guardsman Dies Of Wounds Mexboro' Wife Bereaved Guardsman William Ellis Lake, of 143. Adwick Road, Mexborough, died...

Soldier – Rhodes, Arthur Cecil – Died, Aged 21

June 1940
June 17, 1940 From C.W.G.C.: Private ARTHUR CECIL RHODES Service Number: 7611557 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Army Ordnance Corps 4 Base Ammunition Depot Date of Death ...

Soldier – Swann, Bertie – Young Mother Widowed.

June 1940
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 June 1940 Young Mother Widowed. News was received on Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. B. Swann, of 234, Wath Road,...

Editorial – Base Betrayal – Dunkirk – Invasion

1 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1940 Base Betrayal So far the war has brought little but shocks and surprises. The latest and greatest is...

Editorial – Dunkirk Evacuation – De Novo

8 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times, June 8, 1940 De Novo Our immense thankfulness for the substantial rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Flanders mercifully clouded...

Editorial – Spirit of France is Unconquerable

15 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1940 France's Agony The agony of the crucial battle continues. Hitler has made his supreme bid, and France has...

Editorial – Alas for France – The Bombing Begins

22 June 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1940 Alas For France Our unhappy Ally has been struck down at our side and we fight on—alone.  Yet not...

Editorial – Pawned By Petain

29 June 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 29 June 1940 Pawned By Petain Mr. Churchill has said sufficient to indicate that the French capitulation, if not...