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Soldier – Noble, Edward – Wounded in Foot

May 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 19, 1917 Sapper Edward Noble (Royal Engineers) of School Street, Great Houghton, who enlisted in August 1915, and went to the Front...

Soldier – Shaw, Walter – Trench Fever

May 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 5, 1917 Lance Corporal Walter Shaw (York and Lancs) Great Houghton – Trench Fever

Soldier – Wright, Nicholas – Shrapnel in Arms and Legs

May 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 19, 1917 Private Nicholas Wright (York and Lancs) of Middlecliffe who enlisted in September 1914 is now at the Base Hospital in...

Soldier – Walker, Melbourne – Corporal Wounded

May 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 19, 1917 Corporal Melbourne Walker (York and Lancs) School Street, Great Houghton, who enlisted in May 1915, and after being in training...

Breach of the Coal Mines Act.

July 1917
Sheffield Daily Telegraph July 5, 1917 At the Barnsley West Riding Court yesterday, Tom Westwood, trammer, of Great Houghton pleaded not guilty to a charge...