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Soldier – Turpin, Tom – Died of Gunshot Wound

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 16, 1918 Ldg.-Seaman Tom Turpin, Royal Naval Department Leading Seaman Tom Turpin, 48 Queen street, Swinton, died on Oct. 10 in a...

Armageddon Ended – End of the Great War

November 1918
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 – Tyas, Norman – Military Medal

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 9, 1918 Bombardier Norman Tyas Royal Field Artillery Bombardier Tyas, 17 Spencer St, Wath Road, Swinton, has been awarded the Milltary Medal...

Victoria Cross – Awarded Posthumously to Thomas Norman Jackson

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 30, 1918 The Victoria Cross has been posthumously awarded to Private (A/Cpl) T.N Jackson, late Coldstream Gurads of Swinton. The following...

Swinton Urban Council – Workmen Who Won’t Work.

December 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 20 December 1918 Workmen Who Won’t Work. At the monthly meeting of the Swinton Urban Council, Mr. John Siddall, chairman of...

Battle Honours – Local Decorations in Great War – A Remarkable List of...

December 1918
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

December 1918
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...

Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – Final Year of the...

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 Victory Year. The Stirring Events of 1918. South Yorkshire's Part in the Final Effort. We have passed through the year of...

Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – South Yorkshire’s Part

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 While the battle raged on the Western Front, the people in the South Yorkshire district were doing their...

Breach of Sugar Order

December 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 24 December 1918 Albert Hammerton (50), confectioner, Swinton, was yesterday, at the Rotherham West Riding Court, fined 20s. for a...