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Marconigrams – November 1st, 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941
Marconigrams
An interim dividend of 2 per cent., as compared with 2 ½ per cent. last year,...
Airman – Stapley, Walter Alfred – Died in Africa
From C.W.G.C.:
Corporal WALTER ALFRED STAPLEY
Service Number: 567829
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Air Force
Date of Death Died 24 November 1941
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at...
Sailor – Yardy, Percy – HMS Barham sank by UBoat (video)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ordinary Seaman PERCY YARDY
Service Number P/JX 236572
Royal Navy: H.M.S. Barham
Died 25 November 1941
Aged 24 years
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 51,...
Airman – Dennett, Tom – Service Life In Canada – Airman’s Picture
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941
Service Life In Canada
Mexboro' Airman's Picture
Aircraftman Tom Dennett, who before joining the Royal Air Force...
Editorial – Hitler v Roosevelt
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 November 1941
Hitler v Roosevelt
President Roosevelt's Navy Day speech was a declaration of undeclared war
"The shooting has started,"...
Editorial – Egg and Tomato
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 November 1941
Egg and Tomato
Pacifist women armed with eggs and tomatoes "mobbed" the British Ambassador to Washington, Lord...
Editorial – Now They’re Talking
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 15 November 1941
Now They're Talking
This has been Talk Week. Churchill, Hitler, Beaverbrook, Goebbels, Stalin, Roosevelt, their sound...
Editorial – Wild Warfare
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 December 1941
Wild Warfare
The Libyan Campaign continues to occupy our chief attention. There we have had demonstrated...
Marconigrams – December 06th, 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 December 1941
Marconigrams
Bride, bridegroom and two bridesmaids were all in khaki at a wedding at Wombwell Parish Church...
Marconigrams – December 13th, 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 December 1941
Marconigrams
Dr. lan Campbell, of Swinton, received intimation last weekend that he had been successful in...