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Swinton 136 for 3  Wath  135 – Swinton Batsmen Shine

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 12th 1944 Swinton Batsmen Swinton 136 for 3  Wath  135 On Monday, at Swinton, Wath were dismissed for 135 (Heaton 52, Ellis 22,...

Wath 184  Thorncliffe  227 for 8 dec – Wath Fail in Game Bid For...

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 12th 1944 Wath Fail in Game Bid For Runs Wath 184  Thorncliffe  227 for 8 dec Thurcroft just beat Wath Athletic at Wath...

Yorkshire Council – Wardle’s record

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944 Wardle’s Record In a letter to the Denaby Cricket club secretary, Mr Norman Stead, secretary of the Yorkshire Cricket Council,...

Sailor – Holman, Harold – Naval Casualty

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Naval Casualty Mr. and Mrs. W. Holman 80, Barnsley Road, Wath-on-Dearne, have been informed that their young son, Leading Stoker...

Soldier – Cooper, Fred – Service Changes

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 Service Changes A native of West Melton, Fred Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooper of 17, Winterwell Road,...

Soldier – Prince E. – Pathetic Scenes In Italy

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Pathetic Scenes In Italy Mexborough Guardsman’s Letter Guardsman E. Prince, of 40, Byron Road, Mexborough, has sent us a touching account...

Soldiers – Gawthorpe Brothers – Brothers Meet in Persia

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Brampton Brothers Meet in Persia This photograph was taken when two Brampton brothers met recently in Persia for the first...

Editorial – Allied Mastery

5 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 Allied Mastery Despite the statement, cautiously qualified, that “victory may come soon” Mr. Churchill studiously preferred to record rather than...

Editorial – Down But Not Out

12 August 1944
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...

Editorial – Forcing the Pace

26 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Forcing the Pace Without much specific information being available about the new Allied attack in the South of France it...