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August 1917

Soldier – Bedford, Bernard – M.M. – Presentation before 4,000

August 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 11, 1917 Military Medal Winner Public Presentation to a Wombwell Soldier An enormous crowd of about 4000 persons assembled in front of...

Soldier – Field, Ernest – Officially Reported Killed

August 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 25, 1917 Private Ernest Field Royal Fusiliers 15 Melville St, Wombwell, was reported missing between September 15 and 17, 1916, and...

Sailors – Wombwell Men – Gardner A. & Mitchell C.

August 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times August 11, 1917 Seaman A Gardner, Royal Navy, Kings Rd, Wombwell, has been serving in the Navy 18 months, and has...