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Cinema – Roxy- Du Barry was a Lady

February 1944
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King & Queen Tour of Yorkshire Coalfields – Pithead Canteen Lunch

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 12th, 1944 King and Queen Tour of Yorkshire Coalfields Pithead Canteen Lunch at Elsecar Queen’s Interest in Hickleton Production Feats In the course of a...

Airman – Heald, Sydney – Believed Killed

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 12th, 1944 Believed Killed Pilot Officer Sydney Heald Mrs. Heald of 24, Manor Road, Swinton, was informed that her husband Pilot Officer Syndey...

Airman – Allen, Albert – Promoted

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 19th, 1944 Promoted Mr. and Mrs. C. Allen, 245, Queen Street, Swinton, were this week informed that their younger son, Albert, had...

Sailor – Nuttall, Fred – Long Absence

February 1944
South Yorkshire times, February 12th, 1944 Long Absence A.B. Fred Nuttall (22) is spending his first home leave for nearly two and a half years with...

Soldier – Agus, Charles – Prisoner of Japanese

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 5th, 1944 Prisoner of Japanese First news of her husband since he was reported missing in Malaya in Feb.1941, has been received...

Soldier – Gwynette, Joseph Lawrence – M. C. winner

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times February 5, 1944  MC Winner Here is a picture of Captain Joseph Lawton Gwynnette, son of Mrs and the late Mr Gwynnette, Rookery...

Soldier – Hirst, James Sidney – Home From Abroad

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times February 12, 1944 Home From Abroad James Sidney Hirst (27), elder son of Mr J MJ first and the late Mr Ernest 7...

Soldier – Jackson, Sam – Welcome Home

February 1944
South Yorkshire Times, February 12th, 1944 Welcome Home Flags were flying in Doncaster Road last weekend to welcome home L/Sergt. Sam Jackson, eldest son of Mrs....

Obituary – Mrs. Grace Mary Abbott

March 1944
South Yorkshire Times, March 25th, 1944 Mrs. Grace Mary Abbott The death occurred recently of Swinton’s oldest resident, Mrs. Grace Mary Abbott, of 39, Thomas Street,...