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Soldier – Butterworth, Mark – Soon on the Job

January 1940

Mexborough and Swinton Times January 27, 1940

Soon on the Job

Mark Butterworth, son of Mrs. Lucy Butterworth, 8, Dyer Road, Jump, was called up with the first batch of Militiamen and is now a gunner in the Royal Artillery with the B.E.F.

Before joining up he worked at Earl Fitzwilliam’s Elsecar Main Colliery and was a well-known and popular member of the Jump Working Men’s Club and Institute.