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Editorial – Crete
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 May 1941
Crete
The strategic necessities of the struggle in the Near East made it imperative for the...
Editorial – Hard Punches
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 May 1941
Hard Punches
The loss of H.M.S. Hood, blown up by a single shell with practically all...
Two Saved – One Drowned
Mexborough & Swinton Times June 28, 1941
Two Saved - One Drowned
At an inquest at Darfield on Monday a 12 year old pupil of Wath...
Model Aeroplane.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1941
Model Aeroplane.
Harold Haigh, a painter and decorator, of High Street, Great Houghton, had the misfortune some...
Editorial – The Tragedy of Syria
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 June 1941
The Tragedy of Syria
Against brave resistance bred of loyalty to a bad cause, we are...
Airman – Thompson, Leslie – Schoolboy International
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 June 1941
Schoolboy International Footballer
Leslie Thompson (18), the schoolboy international footballer, and son of Mr. and Mrs. A....
Airman – Roebuck, Bernard – Overseas
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1941
Darfield Man Overseas
Bernard Roebuck (22), son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Roebuck, of West Street, Darfield,...
Soldier – Harris, Clifford – Life in Army Healthier
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1941
With the Royal Artillery is Gunner Clifford Harris, of 66. Rotherham Road, Middlecliffe. His wife and...
Soldier – Vizzard, Fred – Party in Prison Letter from Soldier
Mexborough & Swinton Times, June 21, 1941
Party in Prison
Letter from Low Valley Soldier
Mr. and Mrs. George Vizzard. of 58, George Street, Low Valley, have...
Soldier & Sailor – Pearson, James & George -Land and Sea Brothers
Mexborough & Swinton Times, June 21, 1941
Land and Sea Brothers
One “leg" in the Army and another in the Navy is the lot of a...