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Wedding – Hawcroft & Mace

August 1940
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

August 1940
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

August 1940
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.

August 1940
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

August 1940
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

August 1940
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

August 1940
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

August 1940
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

August 1940
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

August 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 03 August 1940 Prisoner of War Anxiety felt by Mrs. A. Meek, of 27, Lorna Road, Mexborough, for the safety...