January 1918
Six Year Old Dies After Burns
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 16 January 1918
John Thomas Haywood (six years). son of William Haywood, miner, of 24, Pearson's Field, Wombwell, died yesterday...
Miner Dies after Operation
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 19 January 1918
As a result of a long-standing accident, which occurred whilst following his occupation as a ripper at...
Food Control – Wombwell Adopt Birmingham Scheme
Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 08 January 1918
Food Control
There are signs that the local Food Control Committees are getting into their stride, that the...
Youths Steal Wine from Trap
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 19 January 1918
Irving Cherry (16), carter, and Walter Dobson (17), locker-on, of Wombwell, were, at Barnsley yesterday, ordered to...
Soldier – Senior C. – Wounded for Third Time
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 5, 1918
Sergeant C Senior
King’s Royal rifles
Sgt. C. Senior (K.R.R.), who joined up in Sept., 1914, and who was wounded...
Soldier – Finan, John – Killed in Action
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 19, 1918
Private John Finan
York and Lancaster
Private Finan of 39, Brampton road, Wombwell, has been killed in action.
He had two...
Soldier – Haigh, John – In Hospital
Mexborough & Swinton Times, January 5, 1918
Pte. John Haigh
K.O.Y.L.I.
Private Haigh of 11, George street, Wombwell, was wounded with shrapnel in the shoulder and back...