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Mexborough 91 Swinton 93 for 6 – Swinton Do It Again.

August 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 August 1942 Yorkshire Council 90 In Boundary Hits A hurricane 94 not out, including 18 fours and three sixes...

News of Missing Soldier

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 August 1942 News of Missing Soldier News of his son, Gnr. Wilfred Swindells, who was reported missing six months ago,...

Soldier – Grindle, Roland Frederick – Wounded and Missing

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 August 1942 Wounded and Missing Mrs. E. Smallman, of 42, Arnold .Crescent, received official Intimation early in June that her...

Soldier – Mason, Ernest Edgar – Postmaster’s Son Misslng.

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 August 1942 Postmaster's Son Misslng. Sympathy will be extended to Mr. Cecil Mason. Mexborough's Postmaster, and Mrs. Mason, who are...

Airman – Hakin, Horace – R.A.F. Driver

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942 A/c.2. Horace Hakin (20), only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hakin, 67, Chaucer Road, Mexborough, is...

Airman- Breedon, William – “Father” Of Unit

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942 "Father" Of Unit L/Ac. William Breedon, of 34, Doncaster Road, Mexborough, served during the last war with the...

Soldier – Bamforth, Alfred – In Grenadier Guards

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942 Service Snaps Formerly employed by Mexborough U.D.C., Guardsman Alfred Bamforth, has now been in the Grenadier Guards for...

Soldier – Sissons A.E. – Bush “Catch”

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 August 1942 This picture of a group of South Yorkshire lads has arrived from India. It has come from...

Soldier – Thompson, Ivy – With A.T.S.

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 August 1942 With A.T.S. Pte. Ivy Thompson (21), who lives with her sister, Mrs. C. Morris, at 64, East View,...

Soldier – Venables, Raymond – P.O.W. in German Stalag

August 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 August 1942 A photograph has been received by his mother, of Fusilier Raymond Venables, of 43, Morton Road, Mexborough,...