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Montagu Hospital – Week’s Casualty List – 23 Dec 1939

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 December 1939 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Admitted Cases: Sunday: James Nee, Lodging House, Mexborough, multiple fractures, road...

Thefts at Wath – Railway Property Taken

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939 Thefts at Wath Railway Property Taken Reginald North (19), haulage band, of 34, Midland Road, Wath, along...

Airman – Bentham H. – Army and Air Force

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Army and Air Force Before joining the Royal Air Force in May this year, A/C H. Bentham, third...

Airman – Breislin, Christopher Henry – Young Wath Veteran

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Young Wath Veteran Aircraftsman Christopher Henry Breislin son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Breislin, of Sandygate, Wath who...

Soldier – Harrison, Walter – Like Father

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Like Father Lce/Cpl Walter Harrison, second son of Mr. J. W. Harrison, 5, Riley Road, Wath-on-Dearne, worked at...

Soldier – Lord, George – Keen Athlete

December 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 23, 1939 Keen Athlete An old Wathonian abroad is Lce/Cpl George Lord, aged 24, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G....

Soldiers – Grimshaw Family – Another Wath Record

December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – December 9th 1939 Another Wath Record We have from time to time, noted Instances of several members of Wath families...

Editorial – Grey Goebbels

2 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 December 1939 Grey Goebbels Dr. Goebbels, speaking at a "Strength Through Joy" concert, spoke of the "fresh sorrows that...

Editorial – “Guilty, But Insane”

9 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 December 1939 "Guilty, But Insane" The Bolshevik invasion of Finland is a turning-point in the war and in...

Editorial – Alas, Poor Ghost!

16 December 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 December 1939 Alas, Poor Ghost! The intervention of the League of Nations in the Russo-Finnish dispute came as...