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Nazi Air Force’s Busy Day – Planes Over British Coast

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 Nazi Air Force's Busy Day             Planes Over British Coast Soon Driven Off : No Bombs Dropped Italian Volunteers...

Sailor – Dodsworth H. – In River Plate Battle.

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 6, 1940 In River Plate Battle. Wath had also its representative in the battle of the River Plate, when the British...

Sailor – Hibbert, Jim – On The Ocean Wave

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940 On The Ocean Wave This page of news and pictures about South Yorkshire men serving in...

Sailor – Viccars, Stanley – Wath Colliery Seaman

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940 A Swinton Seaman A.B. Seaman Stanley Viccars, aged 22, a seaman gunner, only son of Mr. and...

Sailors – Hibberd, Fred & Jim – Brothers Favour Navy

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1940 Brothers Favour Navy Mr. and Mrs.. T. Hibberd, of West Melton, have two sons serving in the Navy. The older,...

Soldier – Stocks E.W. – Doing his Bit

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 13 January 1940 Service Snaps   Private E. W. Stocks, of 3, Canal Terrace, is another Wath man doing his bit...

Soldier – Taylor, Harry – Service Snaps

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940 Service Snaps Private Harry Taylor, aged 19, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor, of Riley...

Soldier – Brown A.– He Likes It

January 1940
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 20, 1940 He Likes It "The men who are called up under the new age draft have nothing to be afraid...

Soldiers & Sailor – Edwards Brothers –  Three Wath Brothers

January 1940
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 06 January 1940  Three Wath Brothers Three sons of Mrs. and the late Mr. R. E. Edwards, 31. Burman...

Editorial – Frozen War

6 January 1940
South Yorkshire Times, January 6th 1940 Frozen War Our war is still frozen, and shows little sign at present of thawing. Here do we see...