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Soldier – Love, Douglas – Wounded In Action.

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Wounded In Action. News has been received by Mrs. Love, 56 Riley Road, Wath, that her son, Pte. Douglas Love...

Soldier – Parden, Edwin – Killed In Battle Accident

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd 1944 Killed In Battle Accident Tpr. Edwin (Eddie) Parden (25), of College House, Brampton, has been killed in a battle accident...

Airman – Donnelly, Jimmy, Hargreaves S. – Met in India

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Met in India While on leave from the R.A.F. these four South Yorkshire boys have met in a rest camp...

Airman – Hardwick, George Kenneth – In Germany.

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 In Germany. Three months anxiety was ended when Mr. and Mrs Hardwick, Rotherham Road, West Melton were notified that their...

Curate in Normandy

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 8th, 1944 Curate in Normandy The Rev. S. Cook, a former Brampton curate, to whom reference is made in South Yorkshire Topics...

Marconigrams – July 15th, 1944

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Marconigrams The directors of the Midland Bank Limited announce an Interim Dividend for the half year ended June 30th last...

Soldier – Life In India – West Melton Major’s Letter

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Life In India West Melton Major’s Letter We have received an interesting letter from Major Frank Laver, (33), elder son of...

Soldier – Redfern, Thomas – Escaped From Germans

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Escaped From Germans Pte. Thomas Redfern, Green Howards, eldest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Albert Redfern of 48,...

Soldier – Yates, Henry – Dived For Child

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Dived For Child Mrs. G. Yates, of 32, High Street, West Melton, has received word this week from her husband,...

Soldiers – Erverett, Conn & Lightley, Joseph – Met In Normandy

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Met In Normandy Two local men, Cpl. Conn Everett, Army Fire Service, youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr....