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Home Guard – At Close Quarters with the Bayonet.

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 At Close Quarters with the Bayonet. An example of how Home Guards deal with parachutists  

Marconigrams – August 16th, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941 Marconigrams Mr. Samuel Elkins, a Jump veteran, has gone back to work at the age of...

Marconigrams – August 23rd, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Marconigrams Mr. Winston Churchill will broadcast to the country next Sunday evening. Five people whose ages totalled 392...

Marconigrams – August 2nd, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 August 1941 Marconigrams An ambitious sports and gala programme for the Dearne Comforts Fund is being staged to-morrow...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – August 9th, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Montagu Hospital The Week's Casualty List Patients treated but not detained: Thursday. Wm. Hinds, 10, Chaucer Road, Mexborough,...

Montague Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List – August 2nd, 1941

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 02 August 1941 Montague Hospital - The Week's Casualty List Thursday. James Randerson, 242, Queen Street, Swinton, injury to arm; Albert...

Swinton Home Guard

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Swinton members of the Home Guard photographed after recent manoeuvers.  

Changed His Mind – Swinton Man’ s Attempted Suicide

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941 Changed His Mind Swinton Man' s Attempted Suicide A story of an attempt at suicide by a...

Brampton 118 for 7  Swinton  114

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Mexborough 83 for 3  Leeds Zingari 81 Spectacular bowling by A Vickers, who took nine for 29,...

Soldier – Farrier, Edward M. – Prisoner Of War

August 1941
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941 Prisoner Of War News has this week reached Mrs. Turpin of Mexborough, sister of Gunner Edward M...