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Wedding – Wagstaff & Curtis

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 The wedding was solemnised at Mexborough Parish Church on Monday of Guardsman John Curtis (Coldstream Guards), son...

Montagu Hospital – 250 Patients Attended Daily

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 March 1942 Montagu Hospital 250 Patients Attended Daily We commend to the notice of subscribers to the Montagu Hospital...

Marconigrams – March 28th, 1942

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Marconigrams Mr. C. Paxman Tiptaft, J.P., of Cadeby, was on Saturday elected treasurer of the Don Valley Conservative...

Marconigrams – March 14th, 1942

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 March 1942 Marconigrams Over 250 in-patients and out-patients are attended to daily at the Mexborough Montagu Hospital. Congratulations to Dearne District,...

Marconigrams – March 7th, 1942

March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 7 March 1942 Marconigrams Sergt Donald Diggle, of Wombwell was invested with the Distinguished Flying Medal by the King...

Warship Week Crescendo

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 Warship Week Crescendo Most of the South Yorkshire towns and rural districts have now held their warship...

Soldier – Reynolds, Ellis – Missing after Singapore Capitulation

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Missing after Singapore Capitulation Mr. and Mrs. H. Reynolds, Frederick Street, Mexborough, have been notified from the War...

Soldier – Laverack W.H. – Missing in Malaya – Killed

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Missing in Malaya Mrs. Laverack, of 12, Wragby Row, Wath Road, Mexborough, has received notification that her husband,...

Editorial – Loss Upon Loss!

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Loss Upon Loss! Java and Lower Burma have vanished for a time beneath the Japanese tidal wave....

Editorial – Time To Strip

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Time To Strip The Allies continue to wage unequal war in the Pacific. The scene changes to Java...