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Soldier – Cliff, Ernest O.

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Killed In Action Mrs. E. O. Cliff, 41, Victoria Road, Mexborough has received official information that her husband Cpl. Ernest...

Soldier – Auty J. – Mentioned In Dispatches

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 Mentioned In Dispatches Sgt. J. Auty of 46, Dryden Road, Mexborough, writes: “I am very pleased to keep receiving the “South...

Soldier – Hanby A. – Promoted Captain

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 18th 1944 Promoted Captain Following his return to this country a few months ago after service in India, Greece, Crete, and North...

Soldier – Smith, Henry Edward – Billeted In Windmill

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Billeted In Windmill Trooper Henry Edward Smith, of the Royal Tank Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith, 46,...

Soldiers – Glennon, Thomas – Scales H.J. – Mills, John Charles – Prisoners After...

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Prisoners After Arnhem Three Mexborough men, reported missing at Arnhem, have sent word home to their families that they are...

Editorial – America’s Choice

4 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 America’s Choice President Roosevelt’s re-election for a fourth term as President of the United States is not surprising, but in...

Editorial – Election in the Air

4 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 Election in the Air Since it seems that sooner or later we must resign ourselves to a resumption of the...

Editorial – Twice Taught Lesson

18 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times 18 November 1944 Twice Taught Lesson Royal Air Force Lancasters intervened dramatically in the inconclusive Battleships versus Bombs debate this week. The sinking...

Editorial – Hard Pounding

25 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Hard Pounding General Eisenhower, like Wellington at Waterloo, is seeing who can pound longer.  It is a test of many...

H.G. Representative

December 1944
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 H.G. Representative Sgt. E. Robinson, of 30, Hall Gate, Mexborough, of B. Company of the local Home Guard, has been...