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Soldier – Radford, Jim – In Antwerp Liberation

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 In Antwerp Liberation Spr. Jim Radford (25), of 150, Chapel Street, Wath, is serving with the Armoured Division which liberated...

Editorial – A Winter Campaign?

7 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 A Winter Campaign? With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...

Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace

14 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944 “White Paper” On Peace A White Paper on international security.  That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...

Editorial – Root and Branch

21 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944 Root and Branch If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...

Editorial – Japan’s Turn

28 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944 Japan’s Turn Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...

Miss B. C. Deeks – Sudden Death of Wath G. S. Senior Mistress

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Miss B. C. Deeks Sudden Death of Wath G. S. Senior Mistress Wath-on-Dearne, the Grammar School and Old Wathonians Association in...

Tried To Walk With Broken Neck – Miner’s Fatal Injury

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Tried To Walk With Broken Neck Conanby Miner’s Fatal Injury How a miner attempted to walk out of the pit at...

Marconigrams – November 25th, 1944

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944 Marconigrams The opinion that dim-out conditions are more difficult than complete black-out, was expressed by two bus drivers and a...

Soldier – Prigmore A. – Wounded at Antwerp

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Wounded at Antwerp News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. F. Prigmore, 223, Doncaster Road, Wath-on-Dearne, that their son,...

Soldier – Catling, Fred – Killed In Action

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Killed In Action News has been received by Mrs. F. Catling that her husband Cpl. Fred Catling (29), son of...