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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...

Champion Schoolboy.

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 8 1937 Champion Schoolboy. William Skidmore (12). son of Mrs. Skidmore, 91, Brampton Road Wombwell and the late Mr. Ernest Skidmore...

Wombwell Ladies Cricket Team

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 29, 1917 The new Wombwell Ladies Cricket Team, who have played three matches and won them all. Reading from left to...

Soldier – Fletcher, Oswald – Wounds & Septic Poisoning

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 22, 1917 Private Oswald Fletcher Private Fletcher of Barnsley Rd, Wombwell, for some time has been suffering from wounds received in...

Soldier – Riley, Horace Samuel – Missing, Prisoner

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 29, 1917 Wombwell Corporal missing Lance Corporal Horace Samuel Riley Lance Cpl Riley has been reported missing since July 20, 1917. His parents...

Soldier – Tune G.E.– Wombwell Officer Wounded

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 8, 1917 Wombwell Officer Wounded Second Lt G.E.Tune (York and Lancaster), eldest son of Mr and Mrs Edward Tune, of Branksome,...

Soldiers – Wrigglesworth T. and G.– Brothers Both Wounded

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 1, 1917 Sgt T Wrigglesworth (New Zealand contingent) (right )was wounded on July 31 and is now in a convalescent...

Soldier – Drudy, Tom – Killed

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 1, 1917 Private Tom Drudy Coldstream Guards Private Drudy has been killed in action in France. He joined in April 1915. A letter of...

Soldier – Parkin G.W.– Killed

September 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 8, 1917 Private George W Parkin Lincolns Wombwell – Killed From C.W.G.C.: Private PARKIN, GEORGE WILLIAM Service Number 31525 Died 26/07/1917 Aged 19 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment Son of John and...