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Sodier – Wilks – Trench Fever
Mexborough and Swinton Times, October 20
Lance Corporal F.J. Wilks
York and Lancaster
Lance Corporal Wilks, of Sandhill, is in hospital with trench fever.
He enlisted in September...
Soldier – Wigley Joseph – Died from Wounds
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 13, 1917
Military Funeral at Darfield
Sandhill Man Dies of Wounds
Private Joseph Wigley, aged 31, of Sandhill, Great Houghton, died...
Barnsley Boy Electrocuted
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 07 November 1917
Barnsley Boy Electrocuted
George Henry Fisher (15), screenhand, of 10, Snape Hill Road, Darfield. met with a...
Pit Laid idle
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 15 November 1917
The Houghton Main Colliery, near Darfield, was laid idle, yesterday, in consequence of an accident the previous...
Soldier – Siddall, Harry – Reported Missing
Mexborough & Swinton Times , December 22, 1917
Pte. Harry Siddall
(Royal Fusiliers)
Private Siddall is reported missing since Oct. 26. Any information concerning him will be...
Soldier – Lloyd E. – Wounded Arm
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 26, 1918
Sapper E Lloyd
Royal Engineers
Sapper Lloyd has received a gunshot wound in the right arm.
He enlisted in October 1915...
Soldier – Thompson E. J. – Dangerously Wounded
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 19, 1918
Cpl. E. J. Thompson
Lancashire Fusiliers
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson, of High st., have received news that their...
Soldier – Walker, Joseph – In Hospital
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 19, 1918
Private Joseph Walker
King’s Liverpool Regiment
Private Joseph Walker, of School street, Great Houghton, is in Stapleton Hospital , near...
Soldier – Andrews, Henry – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 5, 1918
Private Henry Andrews
K.O.Y.L.I.
Pte. Henry Andrews, of Sandhill, Great Houghton, was killed in action on August 13.
He joined the...
Soldier – Dibb A. – Killed by Shrapnel
Mexborough and Swinton Times February 2 1918
Private A Dibb
York and Lancaster
Little Houghton – Killed
Private Arthur Dibb, second son of Mr and Mrs Dibb, of...