1916 Quarter 3
Soldier – Pugsley, Thomas – Wounded
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Sergeant Thomas Pugsley
(York & Lancs)
Great Houghton (Wounded)
Soldier – Randerson, Thomas – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 29, 1916
Private Thomas Randerson (K.O.Y.L.I.)
Houghton - Killed in Action
Soldier – Randerson, Thomas. – Shot by a Sniper
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 1916
Private Thomas Randerson
(York & Lancs)
Great Houghton - Killed in Action
Private Thomas Randerson (K.O.Y.L.I.), son of Mr and Mrs Thomas...
Soldier – Seakins H. – Wounded
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Lance Corporal H. Seakins
(West Surreys)
Great Houghton - Wounded
Soldier – Shaw, Walter – Narrowly Escaped Death
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 22, 1916
Private Walter Shaw
(York & Lancs)
Great Houghton - Wounded
Private Walter Shaw, of the Barnsley battalion, son of Mrs Shaw,...
Soldiers – Cooke Family – Six at the Front
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 1, 1916
Mrs Cooke, widow of the late Mr John Cooke, of High Street, Great Houghton, is a mother of...
Editorial – Forward !
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 08 July 1916
Forward!
The Allied offensive on the Western front has opened, and is proceeding steadily; we are told...
Soldier – Hawker D. – Wounded
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Private D Hawker
(York & Lancs)
Wounded
Soldier – Hollingsworth E. – Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 19, 1916
Private E. Hollingsworth
(York & Lancs)
Great Houghton - Killed
Soldier – Howarth, Fred – Missing after Great Advance – Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 8, 1916
Private Charles Fred Howarth
(Machine-Gun Section, York and Lancs)
is missing. After many weeks of painful suspense, his mother, Mrs...