1944
Soldier – Ridley, Thomas – Killed In Action
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
Killed In Action
Gnr. Thomas Ridley, of the Royal Artillery, has been reported killed in action on November 6th, while...
Soldier – Wraith, William – Wounded In Italy
South Yorkshire Times, December 30th 1944
Wounded In Italy
Mrs. W. Wraith of 57, Kirby Street, Mexborough, received word the day after another son returned from...
Airman – Sarjantson, John William – Prisoner After Arnhem
South Yorkshire Times, December 9th 1944
Prisoner After Arnhem
Mrs. J. W. Sarjantson, of 41, Benita Avenue, Mexborough, has received official news that her husband, Staff...
Soldier – Bawden, Roy – Military Medallist
South Yorkshire Times, December 23rd 1944
Military Medallist
Signalman Dennis Roy Bawden, whose wife and three-year-old son live at 68, Addison Road, Mexborough, has been awarded...
Soldier – Cater, Leonard John – Home from Ceylon
South Yorkshire Times, December 9th 1944
Home from Ceylon
Mr. and Mrs. L. Cater of Waterworks House, Mexborough, received a pleasant shock on Tuesday when their...
Editorial – A Well-Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, 2 December 1944
A Well-Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk evacuation,...
Editorial – Greece in Travail
South Yorkshire Times, 16 December 1944
Greece in Travail
There is a significant obduracy about ‘the manner in which the Greek ‘“rebels” (as General Scobie's...