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Warship Week Crescendo

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 Warship Week Crescendo Most of the South Yorkshire towns and rural districts have now held their warship...

Soldier – Chapman, Ernest – Missing in Malaya

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Missing in Malaya Battery Quartermaster Sergt Ernest Chapman (38) son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Chapman, of "Avondale,"...

Soldier – Harding, Jack – Missing In Malaya.

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Missing In Malaya. Jack Harding (24), third son of Mr. and the late Mrs. G. Harding, of 102,...

Soldier – Prendergast J. – Now Safe

March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Now Safe Mrs. T. Prendergast, of Wath, was informed on Tuesday that her brother, L.A.C, J. Hargreaves, of...

Editorial – Loss Upon Loss!

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Loss Upon Loss! Java and Lower Burma have vanished for a time beneath the Japanese tidal wave....

Editorial – Time To Strip

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Time To Strip The Allies continue to wage unequal war in the Pacific. The scene changes to Java...

Editorial – The Next Round

21 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 The Next Round Mr. Roosevelt has answered Mr. Curtin's appeal with an expeditionary force for Australia under...

Editorial – Australia

28 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Australia The queer squabble over the appointment of Mr. Casey to Cairo is symptomatic of the strain...

Editorial – Malta

28 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Malta Heroic Malta is gain passing through a period of storm. This devoted outpost is braving and...

Golden Wedding – Manvers Main Pensioner Feted

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942 Golden Wedding Manvers Main Pensioner Feted Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harget, of 4, Jubilee Cottages, Adwick-on- Dearne, must...