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Airman – Sarjantson, John William – Prisoner After Arnhem

December 1944
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

December 1944
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

December 1944
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

2 December 1944
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

16 December 1944
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...