January

Contents:
Combing Out of the Pits – “Slackers” to Join the Army.
Wath Golden Wedding
Soldiers:
Boulton, Arthur – Wounded in Mesopotamia
Fletcher W.C. – Wath Sergeant Injured
Keefe J. – Killed
Mason S.M. – Killed
Outram J. – Guardsman Killed on Christmas Eve
Pullen J. – In Hospital with Trench Fever
Rose E. – Trench Feet
Utley, Clarence – Invalided with Shock
Wath Tribunal – Exceptions to Conscription
Watson T. – Killed in Action

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February



Contents:

Boom in Colliery Villages and Towns
Empire Palace – Wath on Dearne
Fatal Accident at Manvers Main
Soldiers:
Crook A. – Shell Shock
Gray J.W. – Killed
Knowles W. – Died of Wounds
Outram, James – Scots Guard killed on Christmas Eve
Soldier – Roffe A. – Trench Feet

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March

Contents:
Soldiers:

Hope W. – Wounded
Hope, George – In France
Kelly A. – Shell Shock
Petty W.H. – 14 Months in Firing Line
Riddell E.E. – Wath Sanitary Inspector
Wilkinson A. – Wounded Severely in the Arm

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April

Contents:
Curious Story in Theft Charge
Fatality at Wath Main
Wath’s New Chairman – Mr William Robson
Soldier:
Soldier – Taylor G.H. – Died of Wounds in France

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May

Contents :
Esteemed Organist – Presentation at Wath
West Melton Diploma
Soldiers:
Butterfield H.A. – Severely Wounded
Cooke S. – Wounded in Shoulder
Dibb, Irving – Wounded
Patrick S.W.– Active Service for 12 Months
Ridgewell A. – Died from Wounds
Scholey, Irving – Wounded
Shaw P.A. – Killed
Simms – Severely Wounded
Smalley, Albert – Killled in Great Advance
Smith J.T. – Killed
South R. – 4 Days without Food or Water
Tate, George – Killed Easter Week
Waddington Percy- Wounded
Watson W. – Killed

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June

Contents:
West Melton Nurse Honoured
Soldiers:
Gilford W. – Missing, Killed
Mangham R.E.– In Hospital Wounded
Polden, Arthur – Officer’s Promotion
Truelove, William – in hospital in France
Wath Ambulancemen In Salonika

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July

Contents:
Presentations to Former Wath Miners
Soldiers:
Brown G.E.– Missing and Killed
Cusworth, Cyril – In Hospital
Gething J.T. – Killed in Action
Gilford William Henry – Missing and Killed
Moore, James – In Hospital with Compound Fracture
Sykes, John – Posthumous Honour

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August

Contents:
Wath Empire
Wath Grand (video)
Soldiers:
Burland, Elias – Killed in Action
Jackson, Joseph – Killed in Action
Oates J.W. – Wounded in France
Rigby B. – With E.E.F. in Palestine
Norman Brothers – In France
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September

Contents:
Cinemas – Grand & Empire
Soldiers:
Earl – W.E.– Killed
Mangham E. – Died of Wounds
Mangham, James – Prisoner in Germany
Pyott J. – Wounded in Face & Shoulder
Smalley, Albert
– Posthumous Military Medal
Teale A. – Killed in Action

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October

Contents:
Crushed By Tubs – Fatal Accident
Wath Church Fire – Choirboy Admits Guilt
Soldiers:
Hobson, Frank – Wounded
Tate, Walter – Wounded
Wallace, Richard – Wounded
Evans, Hophni – Killed
Moore, Mark – Fallen in Big Push
Waddington W. – Died from Gas
Waddington, Edgar – Died of Wounds
Stainthorpe H.– Killed
Cartwright Brothers – Home On Leave
Hutchinson A.G.– Military Medal

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November

Contents:
Manvers Main Casualties
Sailor & Soldiers:
Longley, Dewis – In Hospital
Middleton P.T. – Septic Poisoning
Calvert H.– Missing
Gregory G. – Wounded
Major Polden – Officer Wounded
Nicholls, Harry – Officer Wounded
Matthews, George – Confirmed Killed
Brammer, Ernest – Killed in Action
Briggs, George – Killed in Action
Hardy, Albert – Killed in France
Moore, Mark – Killed in Action
Nightingale, W.H. – Killed in Action
Pyott W.F. – Killed 9 Germans
Evans Theophilus – Killed
Crossley A. – Killed in Action
Lord, Bernard – Military Medal
Ayrton, Alonzo – Prisoner of War

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December

Contents:
Soldiers:

Hodgson, G.S. – In Hospital
Oxley, Arthur -Wounded Again
Schofield, Hanley & Trickett – Wounded
Matthews, George – Killed
Brammer E. – Killed
Cusworth, Chas – Killed in Action
Norris, Ernest – Killed in Action
Smeaton J.T. – Killed in Action
Thompson, T.W. – Killed in Action
Kelly A. – Recommended for Medal
Marsden A. – Returned to France

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