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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...

Golden Wedding – Manvers Main Pensioner Feted

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942 Golden Wedding Manvers Main Pensioner Feted Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harget, of 4, Jubilee Cottages, Adwick-on- Dearne,...

Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Walton

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942 Golden Wedding. At Wath Parish Church on April 18th, 1892, the wedding took place of Miss Sarah Mori...

Wedding – Cawood & Smith

April 1942
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942 Miss Olwyn Noreen Cawood, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cawood, 34, Washington Street, Mexborough, was married...

Wedding – Chappell & Brookes

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 11 April 1942 The marriage took place last Thursday at Mexborough Central Methodist Church of Mr. Alan Brookes, B.Sc.. only...