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Soldiers – War Honours – Houghton Mains Contribution
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1918
War Honours
Local Promotions and Decorations
Last Friday four presentations of gold watches took place at the Houghton Main Colliery,...
Soldier – Fisher, Richard – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 9, 1918
Pte. Richard Fisher
Machine Gun Corps
Private Richard Fisher, Middlecliffe, who eniisted in April this year and went to the...
Soldier – Fisher, Isaiah – Reported Killed in October 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 9, 1918
Lance Corporal Isaiah Fisher
York and Lancaster
Lance Corporal Fisher, who enlisted in Sept., 1914, and was reported wounded and...
Soldier – Price, Arthur – Died of Wounds
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 16, 1918
Private Arthur Price
East Lancashire Regiment
Prvte. Arthur E. Price, of Houghton Green, enlisted in January, 1915, and after serving...
Soldier – Wardle, John – Killed by a Shell
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 9, 1918
Private John Wardle
Northumberland Fusiliers
Private John Wardle, of Middlecliffe, who enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in September 1914 was...
Armageddon Ended – End of the Great War
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 16, 1918
Armageddon Ended
End of the Great War
Germany “Down And Out.”
Submission to the Allies
Drastic Armistice Terms
Allies to Hold Rhineland and...
Soldier – Harston J.C.– Military Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 30, 1918
Corporal JC Harston
East Lancashire Regiment
Corporal Harston, a Houghton Main workmen who has won the Military Medal, and who...
Soldier – Willey, J.H. – Awarded M.M.
Mexborough And Swinton Times November 16, 1918
Private J.H.Willey
Middlecliffe
Awarded Military Medal
Battle Honours – Local Decorations in Great War – A Remarkable List of...
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918
Battle Honours.
Local Decorations During The Great War.
A Remarkable List
We give below a list of the men of this...
Editorial – A Well Kept Watch
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944
A Well Kept Watch
On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...