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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 – Jordan, Thomas Edward – Killed in Germany

March 1942
March 10th 1942 Sergeant THOMAS EDWARD JORDAN Service Number: 568237 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Air Force 149 Sqdn. Date of Death Died 10 March...

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...

Editorial – The Next Round

21 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 The Next Round Mr. Roosevelt has answered Mr. Curtin's appeal with an expeditionary force for Australia under...

Editorial – Australia

28 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Australia The queer squabble over the appointment of Mr. Casey to Cairo is symptomatic of the strain...

Editorial – Malta

28 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Malta Heroic Malta is gain passing through a period of storm. This devoted outpost is braving and...