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Barnsley Boy Electrocuted

November 1917

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

November 1917

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

December 1917

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

January 1918

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

January 1918

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

January 1918

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

January 1918

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

February 1918

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...

Soldier – Moss, Frank – Killed by Bullet

February 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 2, 1918 Private. Frank Moss York and Lancaster Private Moss, son of Mr.and Mrs. Fred Moss, of Middlecliffe, was killed on December...

Soldier – Thompson E.J. – Died of Wounds

February 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times February 2 1918 Cpl. E. J. Thompson (Lancs Fusiliers), Corporal Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thompson, High St., Great Houghton,...