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Soldiers – Handley A. – Military Medallist

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Three In Italy Mr. and Mrs T. Twaite, 1, Adwick cottages, Wath, have two sons serving with the Army in...

Soldiers – Twaite Brothers – Three In Italy

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 Three In Italy Mr. and Mrs T. Twaite, 1, Adwick cottages, Wath, have two sons serving with the Army in...

Soldier – Cox, Gilbert – Prisoner Escapes

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 West Melton Prisoner Escapes An Upton soldier has escaped from imprisonment in Italy and reached British lines. He is Gdsmn. Gilbert Cox,...

Editorial – Shadow of Defeat

1 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Shadow of Defeat With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans.  Having got our...

Editorial – Hammer And Sickle

8 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944 Hammer And Sickle Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...

Editorial – Germany at Bay

15 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Germany at Bay Caen, the Norman town in the streets of which British airborne troops were fighting on the night...

Editorial – Careless Talk

22 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Careless Talk Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...

Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 When Rogues Fall Out Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...

Wedding – Dickinson & Crossland

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th, 1944 Wedding: Dickinson & Crossland The wedding took place at Wath Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Margaret Dickinson, elder daughter...

Wedding – Ellis & Poole

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Wedding - Ellis & Poole The wedding took place at Wath Parish Church on Saturday, of Miss Irene Ellis, eldest...