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Soldier – Presentation – Oliver, Frank – Military Medal

September 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times September 28, 1918 Gallant Soldier-Miners, War Heroes of Manvers and Barnburgh Collieries Presentations at Mexboro' and Wath. Sergeant Frank Oliver, M.M. York and Lancaster Military Medal...

Soldier – Oliver, Edgar – Buckingham Palace for Military Cross

September 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times September 28, 1918 Second Lieutenant Edgar Oliver Machine Gun Corps At an investiture at Buckingham Palace last Friday, the King decorated second Lieutenant...

Soldiers -Gallant Soldier-Miners – War Heroes of Manvers and Barnburgh Collieries

September 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times September 28, 1918 Gallant Soldier-Miners, War Heroes of Manvers and Barnburgh Collieries. Comrades' Tributes. Massed Presentations at Mexboro' and Wath. Under the auspices of the...

Sailor – Burton – in hospital with Wounds and Shell Shock

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 12, 1918 Able Seaman Barton Royal Naval Department Able Seaman Burton, 25 Spencer-st., Wath Road, Swinton, is in hospital in France with...

Soldier – Devine Frank – POW in Bulgaria

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 12, 1918 In Bulgaria These Men are on the Verge of Liberty This is a group of British prisoner of war...

Soldier – Hudson, John Gerrard – Wounded in Action

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 19, 1918 Sec.-Lient John Gerrard Hudson Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Second Lieutenant Hudson second son of Mr and Mrs W.G.Hudson, Wath...

Soldier – Lightfoot G.H.– Prisoner in Germany

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1918 Sergeant G.H. Lightfoot Leicester Regt. Sergeant Lightfoot, 25 Station road, Swinton is ascertained to be a prisoner in Germany having...

Soldier – Rhodes, Arthur – Wounded in Ankle

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 19, 1918 Private Arthur Rhodes East Yorkshire Regiment Private Rhodes, 6 Cambridge St, Wath Road, Swinton, has been wounded in the right...

Soldier – Roebuck, John R.– Wounded Five Times and Gassed

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 26, 1918 Pte. John R. Roebuck York and Lancaster Private Roebuck 37, Walker Street, Swinton, has been wounded five times. He received...

Soldier – Taylor, George – Wounded in Chest

October 1918

Mexborough and Swinton Times October 19, 1918 Pt. George Taylor Northumberland Fusiliers Private Taylor, Frederick-st, Swinton, son of Mrs,. Taylor and the late Mr. Thos. Taylor, has...