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Soldier – Garner, Walter – Awarded Military Medal
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Awarded Military Medal
Gnr. Walter Garner (25) has written home to his mother, Mrs. E. Longham of 53, Walker Street,...
Soldier – Meggitt H. – Eighth Army
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944
Eighth Army
Here is a picture of Sergeant H. Meggitt (arms folded) of 20, Church Street, Swinton, taken with three...
Editorial – Allied Mastery
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944
Allied Mastery
Despite the statement, cautiously qualified, that “victory may come soon” Mr. Churchill studiously preferred to record rather than...
Editorial – Down But Not Out
South Yorkshire Times, 12 August 1944
Down But Not Out
It would be cheering to think that the United Nations had finally got Germany on the...
Editorial – Forcing the Pace
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Forcing the Pace
Without much specific information being available about the new Allied attack in the South of France it...
Editorial – France Rises Again
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
France Rises Again
This is France’s great week. Everywhere the grip of the German tyrants is being loosened. On all...
Mexboro’ Driver’s Death – Not Caused by Accident
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944
Mexboro’ Driver’s Death
Not Caused by Accident
Bruises received in a collision between his engine and another locomotive at Hull in...
Wedding – Proudlove & Stacey
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Weddings
C.P.O. G.W. Stacey, (Swinton), And Miss B. M. Proudlove (Grimsby)
The wedding took place recently at St. Michael’s Church, Little...
Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Hit By Huge Stone
Swinton Collier Killed
While working in the Silkstone seam in the number three pit at Manvers Main...
Marconigrams – September 02nd, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
Marconigrams
The British Empire Medal was awarded to Corporal F. E. Hodgson of Conisbrough, of the Royal Engineers, for carrying...