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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...
Airman – Fletcher, Derrick – Young Pilot Killed – Family’s Tragic Loss
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1945
Young Pilot Killed
Mexborough Family’s Tragic Loss
A Mexborough R.A.F. Officer Flying Officer, Derrick Fletcher (23), only son of Mr....
Soldier – Reed, Sidney Gordon – Awarded B.E.M.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 13 January 1945
Awarded B.E.M.
Sgt. Sidney Gordon Reed (30), son of Mr., and the late Mrs. Reed, of 1, Dudley...
Soldier – Briggs, George William – Killed in Action
South Yorkshire Times, March 24th 1945
Gnr. George William Briggs
Mr. J. Briggs, 40, Swinton Road, Mexborough, has received news that his son, Gnr. George William...
Soldier – Thorpe, Albert Bateson -Gallantry in Italy Wins M.M.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 March 1945
Gallantry in Italy
Mexborough Man Wins M.M.
L/Cpl. Albert Bateson Thorpe, Royal Signals, whose parents live at 34,...
Sailor – Barnett, David Beresford – Mexborough Sailor Killed
South Yorkshire Times, April 14th 1945
Bad News Follows Good
Mexborough Sailor Killed
Within three hours of her brother Pte Archie Freeman (28), arriving home from Northern...