October 1917
Dead in Workhouse Yard
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 24 October 1917
Walter Skelton (33), whose home is at Wombwell, and who since 1912 has been an inmate of...
Borough Powers Wanted
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 22 October 1917
Borough Powers Wanted
The Wombwell and the Darfield Urban Councils met in private conference at Wombwell Friday, to...
Soldier – Ennis W.– Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 13, 1917
Private W Ennis
Low Valley – Killed
From C.W.G.C.:
Private
ENNIS, W
Service Number 23608
Died 26/09/1917
Aged 23
7th Bn.
York and Lancaster Regiment
Son of Thomas...
Soldier – Hoyland C.H. – Died in France
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 20, 1917
Private C.H.Hoyland
Jump – died in France
From C.W.G.C.:
Lance Corporal
HOYLAND, CHARLES HENRY
Service Number 602139
Died 10/04/1917
Aged 27
15th Bn.
Canadian Infantry
attd. 3rd
Canadian Light...
Soldier – Fulford, Samson – Killed In Action by Explosive Shell
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 13, 1917
Private Samson Fulford
Leicester Regiment
Private Fulford was killed in action of September 10 by a high explosive shell.
His Sergeant,...
Soldier – Hargate P.– Killed In Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 13, 1917
Pioneer P Hargate
Royal Engineers
Pioneer P Hargate, Broomhill, Wombwell, who enlisted about two years ago, and had seen much...
Soldier – Waring H.– Awarded Military Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 13, 1917
Medal for Wombwell Man
Taking Ammunition to The Trenches
Lance Corporal H Waring (Scottish borderers) of 56 Spring Gardens, Wombwell,...