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Soldier – Beckitt H. – Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 July 1941
Private H Beckitt, son of Mr and Mrs C Beckitt of 52 Fitzwilliam St, Swinton is...
Soldier – Butterfield, John – Prisoner
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 26 July 1941
Prisoner.
A well known Swinton man's premonition that his brother was a prisoner war has come true.
Some...
Soldier – Taylor, Douglas – Keen Sportsman
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 July 1941
Pte. Douglas Taylor (18), son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Taylor, of 76, Charles Street,...
Soldier – Taylor, William – Letter from Prisoner.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 July 1941
Letter from Prisoner.
A letter received from Sapper William Taylor (28), by his parents, Mr. and Mrs....
Soldier – Whitfield, Jack – Former Swinton School Boy
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 26 July 1941
Missing in Abyssinia
Former Swinton School Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Whitfield, of the Keeper's Cottage, Frickley,...
Soldiers – Badger, Cyril & Douglas – A/B and A/C
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 26 July 1941
A/B and A/C
Signaller A/B. Cyril Badger and A/C. Douglas Badger, sons of Mr. J. W. Badger,...
Editorial – Melee – Titanic Struggle
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 July 1941
Melee - Titanic Struggle
The titanic struggle between the Germans and the Russians is now nearly a...
Editorial – Catching a Tartar
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 12 July 1941
Catching a Tartar
Although the situation the Russian front is still obscure, the wistfulness of the German...
Editorial – Blunted Blitzkrieg
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 19 July 1941
Blunted Blitzkrieg
With the fourth week of Hitler’s cynical onslaught on Russia nearly spent the campaign takes...
Editorial – Twilight Phase
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 26 July 1941
Twilight Phase
We appear to have entered a twilight phase of the war. The enemy is quiescent...