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Soldiers – Denton, William & Alfred
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
Swinton Brothers
A/c1 William Denton (19), fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Denton, Plant Row, White Lee Road, Swinton,...
Soldiers – Hirst Brothers – Brothers Met In Holland
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Brothers Met In Holland
Two Swinton brothers, L/Bdr. James Sidney Hirst (29), R.A. and Spr. H. Hirst (26) R.E. serving...
Editorial – A Winter Campaign?
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
A Winter Campaign?
With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...
Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944
“White Paper” On Peace
A White Paper on international security. That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...
Editorial – Root and Branch
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Root and Branch
If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...
Editorial – Japan’s Turn
South Yorkshire Times, 28 October 1944
Japan’s Turn
Japan, looking on helplessly while the destruction of German militarism proceeds apace, is now gravely threatened in...
Obituary – Mr Edwin “Ted” Ardron
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944
Obituary
Mr Edwin “Ted” Ardron
Swinton lost a notable personality by the death, which occurred suddenly at his home on Saturday,...
Home Guard – Chapman, George William – H.G. Honoured
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944
H.G. Honoured
Pte. George William Chapman, of 82, Queen Street, Swinton, who has served in the Home Guard since the...
Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944
Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale
A wall-scaling demonstration by members of the Swinton Army Cadet Corps, given as part...
Marconigrams – November 25th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 25th 1944
Marconigrams
The opinion that dim-out conditions are more difficult than complete black-out, was expressed by two bus drivers and a...