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Marconigrams, October 9,1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Marconigrams
Goebbels still maintains that the German army is elastic. It certainly shows every sign of perishing in the...
Nursing Sister – Cutts, Nellie – Serving In Sotland
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Serving In Sotland
A Nursing Sister in the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. (Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve) Miss Nellie Cutts, elder...
Soldier – Stacey W.B. – Passes On The “Times”
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Passes On The “Times”
Sergt. W. B. Stacey, R.A.F., adopted son of Mr. Joe Stacey, of 10, The Green, West...
Soldier – Brooke-Smith J.E. – Croix de Guerre
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Major J. E. Brooke Smith of Wath, who, as reported in our last issue, has been awarded the Croix...
Marconigrams – October 23rd, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Marconigrams
The Rev. A. C. E. Bennett, Vicar of St. Hilda's, Thurnscoe, has been nominated to the living of...
Marconigrams – October 16th 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 16th 1943
Marconigrams
Out of a total of fifty-six convictions obtained by the R.S.P.C.A, during September, Yorkshire had five. Although the...
Editorial – Looking Beyond Victory
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Looking Beyond Victory
It is unwise to build hopes too high on speeches, even on those of such a reputable...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times, October 23rd 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week's Casualty List
Wednesday:
Donald Beighton (18). 239, Wath Road, Mexborough, foot injury;
Horace Hornsby, 91, Main Street,...
Marconigrams – 25th September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943
Marconigrams
Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...
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 – Twice Taught Lesson
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...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – October 9, 1943
South Yorkshire Times, October 9th 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List Out-patient Casualties treated from Wednesday (12 noon), 29/9/43, to Wednesday (12 noon), 6/10/43.
Wednesday:
Ernest Copley,...
Soldier – Smith, Raymond – In Africa and Sicily
South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1943
In Africa and Sicily
Raymond Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith of Brampton is in the Royal Artillery,...
Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 September 1943
Montagu Hospital
The Week’s Casualty List
The following casualties were treated at Mexborough Montagu Hospital during the...
Sailor – Ashley, Harry B. – Presumed Killed
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943
Sailor Presumed Killed
After being in the Navy for eight years, during which he had taken part in some of...
Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944
Japan’s Turn
Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...
Editorial – Pitfalls of Peace
South Yorkshire Times, 22 January 1944
Pitfalls of Peace
An estrangement such as that which has developed between the Soviet and the Polish Governments is the...
Editorial – Russian Recoil
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 January 1944
Russian Recoil
It is nearly two and a half years since the German armies crossed the old Soviet-...
Sailor – Ashley, Harry B. – Sailor Presumed Killed
South Yorkshire Times, September 18th 1943
Sailor Presumed Killed
After being in the Navy for eight years, during which he had taken part in some of...
Editorial – Into the New Year
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 01 January 1944
Into the New Year
As we stand on the threshold of the New Year there is an air...
Editorial – Hammer And Sickle
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 – Down But Not Out
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944
Down But Not Out
It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...
Wath Garden Party – Effort in Support of Book Salvage Drive
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
Wath Garden Party
Effort in Support of Book Salvage Drive
Lady Allerton among a group of Children at one of...
Soldier – Caldwell, Nellie – With A.T.S.
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
With A.T.S.
A Wath girl enjoying life with the A.T.S. is Sgt. Nellie Caldwell 22., youngest daughter of Mr. and...
Editorial – Pontine Portent
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 January 1944
Pontine Portent
After Dieppe and Salerno the successful establishment of the Pontine bridgehead constitutes a bright augury,...