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Editorial – Forward !

8 July 1916
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

15 July 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916     Private D Hawker (York & Lancs) Wounded

Soldier – Hollingsworth E. – Killed

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 19, 1916 Private E. Hollingsworth (York & Lancs) Great Houghton - Killed  

Soldier – Howarth, Fred – Missing after Great Advance – Killed

August 1916
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...

Soldier – Leaming (York & Lancs) – Killed

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 26, 1916 Private J.W. Leaming (York & Lancs) Great Houghton - Killed  

Soldier – Reynolds F.N. – Killed in Action

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 5, 1916 Sergeant Major F.N.Reynolds (Barnsley Battalion, York and Lancs) was killed in action on July 17. He formerly resided with his...

Soldier – Stockley – Wounded

August 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, August 19, 1916 Corporal P.H. Stockley (York and Lancs) Great Houghton - Wounded  

Soldier – Whittingham F. – In Hospital

September 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, September 2, 1916   Sergeant F. Whittingham (York & Lancs) Great Houghton - In Hospital

Dashed to Death – Darfield Mechanic’s Terrible Fall

October 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, October 14, 1916 Dashed to Death The Late Mr Thomas Coulthard of Darfield Accidentally Killed at Houghton Main Colliery, October 7th 1916 Darfield Mechanic’s...

Soldier – Lawrence A. – Wounded

October 1916
Mexborough and Swinton Times, October 14, 1916 Gunner A Lawrence (Royal Field Artillery) Great Houghton - Wounded