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Soldier – Cragg T.H. – Private Gander, H.

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 24th, 1944 Outside the cookhouse at Brigade Headquarters of a Division in Italy stands “Horace,” who is known to the troops...

Soldier – Waldron, Arthur – Officer Missing

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 10th, 1944 Officer Missing Mr. and Mrs. A. Waldron, “Rose Vale,” 40, Warren Vale Road, have received news that their only son...

Editorial – Planning for Work

3 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 3rd, 1944 Planning for Work Though there is a negative quality about the Government’s White Paper on post-war employment, in that it...

Editorial – Well Begun

10 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times June 10, 1944 Well Begun At long last conjecture has given place to reality. The contact between Germany and the Allies broken off...

Editorial – Getting to Grips

17 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times June 17, 1944 Getting to Grips These last ten days have been the most heartening since Britain took up arms against the all-pervading...

Editorial – Secret Weapons

24 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 24, 1944 Secret Weapons Reprisals for allied bombing attacks on Germany have been long promised. This was one of the hopes used...

Wedding – Skelton & Ranger

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Wedding Skelton & Ranger Miss Barbara Skelton, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Skelton, 45, Bridge Street, Swinton,...

Wedding – Hince & Smedley

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944 A peal was rung on Swinton St. Margaret’s Church tubular bells while members and candidates of St. Michael’s Church...

Wedding – Lowe & Hellewell

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 The wedding was solemnised at St. Margaret’s Church, Swinton, of Miss Audrey Lowe, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs....

Wedding – Oxer & Higgins

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944 Wedding – Oxer & Higgins Miss Kathleen Mary Oxer, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Oxer, 10, Prince Seet,...