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Munitions Worker Found in Canal

March 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 16 March 1918 The body of a munition worker, named Mary Furness (51), widow, of 49, Queen Street, Swinton, was...

Great Central Railway Thefts

March 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 05 March 1918 At the Rotherham West Riding Court, yesterday, Mary Stead (18). Ethel Ward (35), Sarah - Standerline (24),...

Soldier – Gladwin, Herbert – Missing – Killed

March 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 9, 1918 Captain Herbert Gladwin 10th K.O.Y.L.I., B.E.F. Captain Gladwin has been missing since October 4th., 1017, and any tidings of him...

Soldier – Schneider J. – Reported Killed

March 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 9, 1918 Private J. Schneider York and Lancaster Private Schneider of 27,Rowms lane, Swinton, who has been missing since October, is now...

Brutality and Conscience

March 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 05 March 1918 Brutality and Conscience Harold Douglas Gregory (25), of Swinton, was at Rotherham, yesterday, charged with being an absentee. Captain...

Soldiers – Cooper Family – Swinton Families Service

March 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times March 16, 1918 Roll of Honour Swinton Families Service Top Picture (from left to right): Private William Cooper (York and Lancaster); Air Mechanic B...