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Soldier – Moore, Stanley – Missing Guardsman.

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 July 1942 Missing Guardsman. News was received last week-end by Mrs. R. Moore, 70, Chancer Road, Mexborough, that her husband,...

Airman – Eastwick, Arthur Joseph – C.W.G.C.

July 1942
July 13th 1942 CWGC Air fitter Arthur Joseph Eastwick Service Number FX/85615 Royal Navy H.M.S. Sparrowhawk Died July 13th 1942 aged 21 years Buried or commemorated at Kirkwall (St. Olaf’s)...

Airman – Newby, Jim – Training For Pilot

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 July 1942 Training For Pilot Recent letters received from L.A/c. Jim Newby, by his parents, Mr & . Mrs. A.E....

Soldier – Archer W.A.S. – Mentioned in Dispatches

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 July 1942 Mentioned in Dispatches Sapper William Alfred Stephenson Archer (27), only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Archer, of...

Soldier – Banks, George – Mexborough Trio Meet

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 11 July 1942 Mexborough Trio Meet "Three Mexboro' boys who have been serving with the Middle East Forces for eighteen...

Soldier – Brammer, Douglas – Missing In Middle East

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 July 1942 Missing In Middle East Three days after receiving an airgraph saying he was In good health and thanking...

Soldier – Deakin, Charles – Stalag 88

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 July 1942 A Group of South Yorkshire lads now prisoners of war in Germany at Stalag 88. This picture...

Soldier – Evans, Ernest Hardy – Prisoner Of War

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 July 1942 Prisoner Of War Mr. and Mrs. E. Evans, 2, Highfield Cottages, Main Street, Mexborough, received news on Friday...

Soldier – Grint, William Henry – Prisoner of War

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 July 1942 Prisoner Of War Notification that her husband, William Henry Grint (34), who was reported missing at Hong Kong...

Soldier – Hardeman, Harold – Snapshot from India

July 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 July 1942 Snapshot from India L/Cpl. Harold Hardeman, son of Mrs. And the late Mr. W. Hardeman, 36 Cromwell Road,...