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Marconigrams – July 15th, 1944

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Marconigrams The directors of the Midland Bank Limited announce an Interim Dividend for the half year ended June 30th last...

Soldier – Lines, Wilfred – Mexboro’ Signaller’s Well-Earned Leave

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944 Mediterranean Mexboro’ Signaller’s Well-Earned Leave Signaller Wilfred Lines, for 21 years before joining the Navy three ago, a well-known Mexborough hairdresser...

Soldier – McCunn P. – Wounded In France

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Wounded In France News has been received that Lieut. P. McCunn (21), of Park Road, Mexborough, has been wounded in...

Soldier – Shaw, William – Three Years Service

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Service Snaps Gunner Driver William Shaw, R.A., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Shaw of 92, Chaucer Road, Mexborough,...

Soldier – Thornton W, – Pals Meet in Middle East

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th 1944 Pals Meet in Middle East Mexboro’ – Rotherham Men Two pals since boyhood, L/Sgt. W. Thornton son of Mr. and Mrs....

Soldier – Wooding, Ramond – Service Snaps

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Service Snaps Serving in this country with the Royal Engineers is Sapper Raymond Wooding (20), elder son of Mr. and...

Soldiers – Royston, Eric & Rita -Husband and Wife Serving

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 8th, 1944 Husband and Wife Serving A husband and wife at present serving in the Forces are L/Cpl. Eric Royston and Pte....

Editorial – Shadow of Defeat

1 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Shadow of Defeat With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans.  Having got our...

Editorial – Hammer And Sickle

8 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944 Hammer And Sickle Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...

Editorial – Germany at Bay

15 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Germany at Bay Caen, the Norman town in the streets of which British airborne troops were fighting on the night...