August 1940
Wedding – Hawcroft & Mace
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940
Mace-Hawcroft
The wedding took place at Mexborough Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Marjorie Hawcroft, eldest daughter of Mr....
Mexborough Miner Crushed – Did Not Set Props When Advised by Deputy
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940
Did Not Set Props When Advised By Deputy
Mexborough Miner Crushed
Failure to carry out instructions...
Interfered with the Police – Mexborough Man Bound Over
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 August 1940
Interfered with the Police
Mexborough Man Bound Over
A 32 year old Mexborough miner, George Graves, was bound...
Soldier – Overend, Harry – Sapper Missing.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940
Sapper Missing.
A former Mexborough man, now living at Halifax, has been reported missing.
He is Sapper Harry...
Sailor – Perkins, William – Served in Great War
South Yorkshire Times, August 17, 1940
Sailor Killed
Mexborough Man Who Served in Great War
Official notification was received by his wife on Monday that William Perkins...
Soldier – Unwin, Ernest – Service Snaps – Killed in July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 31st 1940
Service Snaps
Private Ernest Unwin (22), youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Unwin of 6, Cowood Street, Mexborough,...
Editorial – The First Year of Armageddon
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 August 1940
The First Year of Armageddon
And so we come to the end of the first terrible...
Soldier – Brammer, Douglas – With R.A. in the East
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 August 1940
Service Snaps
Gunner Douglas Brammer (23), whose home address is 6, Melton Street, Mexborough, is at present serving...
Soldier – Bunting, Joe – Service Snaps
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 August 1940
Service Snaps
Joe Bunting, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, of 60, Main Street, Mexborough, has been...
Soldier – Meek, Douglas – Prisoner of War
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940
Prisoner of War
Anxiety felt by Mrs. A. Meek, of 27, Lorna Road, Mexborough, for the safety...