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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...

Expensive “Short Cut”

June 1917
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Friday 29 June 1917 Expensive “Short Cut” To-day, at Barnsley, twelve colliery workers were summoned for trespassing on the Houghton Main and...

Knocked Down by Corves

June 1917
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 28 June 1917 At Barnsley, yesterday, an adjourned inquest was held relative to the death of John Edward Crossley (15),...

Cruelty in The Pit

June 1917
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 07 June 1917 Cruelty in The Pit Fines of each were imposed at Barnsley yesterday on Herbert Marrow (18) and...

Sailor – Yates, Charles – Leading Seaman dies of Wounds

June 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 9, 1917 Leading Seaman Yates, D.S.M. Mrs Yates, of 62 Gypsy Hill, Upper Wirwood, also received official notification of the death...

Soldier – Cox W. – Invalided Home

June 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 9, 1917 Sapper W Cox After having served about two years of the Royal Engineers in France, Sapper William Cox, of...

Soldier – Greaves B.N. – Gunner Wounded

June 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 2, 1917 Gunner B.N. Greaves (Royal Field Artillery) Great Houghton - Wounded

Soldier – Roebuck, Herbert – Wounded in Thigh

June 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 9, 1917 Private Herbert Roebuck (York and Lancaster) of Middlecliffe, who enlisted in November 1915, has been wounded in the thigh. He was...

Soldier – Welford J. – Wounded and in Hospital

June 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 2, 1917 Private J Welford Mr and Mrs J Welford of Little Houghton have heard that their third son, Private John...

Soldier – Greaves R. A. – Wounded by a Bomb

June 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 2, 1917   Signaller R A Greaves (York and Lancaster) of Old Hall Farm, Great Houghton, who enlisted in January 1915, and went...