1918
Soldier –Polden, Arthur, Wilson – Awarded Military Cross
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1918
Wath Officer Decorated
A Birthday Honour
Major Arthtur Wilson Polden, third son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Polden, West...
Soldier – Kelham – Prisoner of War
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1918
Private Fred Kelham
York and Lancaster
Private Fred Keliham 15, Hoober St., West Melton, is a prisoner in Germany.
He enlisted...
Soldier – Parking, Arthur – Left Leg Amputated
Mexborough and District Times July 20, 1918
Wath Patriotic Family
Private A Parkin
Mr and Mrs James Parkin, of Cemetery Road, Wath, and received news that their...
Soldier – Mapes O. – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 6, 1918
Sapper O. Mapes
Royal Engineers
Wath - Missing
Soldier – Greenway, James – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 6, 1918
Private James Greenway
West Riding Regiment
Private Greenway, only son of Mr and Mrs Greenway, of Avenue Road, Wath on...
The District Campaign.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 09 July 1918
The District Campaign.
War Weapons Week campaigns were inaugurated in Swinton and Wath-upon-Dearne yesterday.
Swinton aims at raising...
Young Boy Drowned
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 19 August 1918
John Edward Vessey, aged four years, son of a miner, of 90 Winter well Road, West Melton,...
Fatality at Manvers Main – Handyman Killed and Youth Badly Injured
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 24 1918
Fatality at Manvers Main
A Handyman Killed and Youth Badly Injured
On Monday, Mr Kenyon Parker conducted an inquest at...
Bowls – Wath Win “Telegraph” Cup,
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 26 August 1918
Bowls.
Wath Win “Telegraph” Cup,
The final for the Sheffield Telegraph Cap was played on the Bramall...
Soldier – Carr – Wounded for Third time
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 24, 1918
Private Carr
Yorkshire Regiment
Private Carr eldest son of Mr Mrs Fred Carr of West Melton, has been wounded for...