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Editorial – Hail, Russia!

14 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 February 1942 Hail, Russia! Who would have supposed, when Stalin gave Hitler a free hand against Poland, Britain, and...

Editorial – United We Stand

21 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, Feb. 21st, 1942. United We Stand Though checked a little by successes in Russia and Libya our war fortunes have taken a...

Editorial – The Cripps Touch

28 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times, Saturday, Feb. 28th, 1942. The Cripps Touch The House of Commons has been helped through its crisis of nerves by the Prime Minister,...

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...