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Editorial – Well Begun

17 July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 Well Begun The Second Front, about which so much has been said and written, particularly since Mr. Churchill...

Soldier – McDermot, Richard – Killed in Action

August 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 August 1943 Killed in Action News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. P, McDermott, 248, Wath Road, Mexborough, that their...

Soldier – Tune, Ronald – P.O.W. in Singapore

August 1943
August 24, 1943 C.W.G.C. Gunner Ronald Tune Service Number: 942942 Royal Artillery 5 Field Regiment Died August 24th 1943 aged 24 years Buried or commemorated at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 2.K.51....

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 September 1943 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List The following casualties were treated at Mexborough Montagu Hospital during the...

Marconigrams – 25th September 1943

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943 Marconigrams Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...

Soldier & Sailor – Atkinson Brothers – Brothers Meet Out East

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943 Brothers Meet Out East Gunner George Atkinson (27), son of Mrs. H. Atkinson, 45, Cross Gate Mexborough, was in Algiers...

Soldiers – Freeman A. & R. – Veterans Of Desert War – Brothers Back...

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 18th 1943 Veterans Of Desert War Mexborough Brothers Back Home Back in this country after being in the thick of the fighting in...

Editorial – Four Years of War

11 September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Four Years of War Looking back across four years of war, as we do to-day, we cannot help but...

Sudden Death

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 30th 1943 Sudden Death A well-known and respected official of the Amalgamated Denaby Collieries died suddenly at his home on Sunday. He was...

Mexborough Nonagenarian

October 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943 Mexborough Nonagenarian Mrs Hemingway Cuts her 90th Birthday Cake A well-known and respected Mexborough resident, Mrs. Hannah Hemingway, celebrated her ninetieth...