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Soldier – Foster, Tom – Wombwell D.C.M.

May 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 25, 1918 A Wombwell D.C.M. Corporal Tom Foster Leicester Regiment Cpl. Tom Foster 19, Melville street, Wombwell, is reported to have been awarded...

Fall of Roof at Mitchell Main

June 1918
Leeds Mercury - Thursday 13 June 1918 A verdict of Accidental death was returned, at Barnsley, yesterday, at an inquest on Patrick Reilly, twenty-seven, of...

Soldier – Marsh G. – Wounded

June 1918
Mexborough & Swinton Times June 8, 1918 Gunner G. Marsh Royal Garrison Artilley Wombwell - Wounded      

Soldier – Shaw V.H. – Captured not Killed

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 1, 1918 Pte. V. H. Shaw. An official mistake has been made in the case of Pte. Victor Hubert Shaw (Sherwood...

Soldier – Townsend, Arthur – Wounded and Missing

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1918 Pte., Arthur Townsend York and Lancaster Private Townsend is reported wounded and missing, April 12. Any intelligence of him will be...

Soldier – Ashcroft, Thomas – Killed in Action

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918 Lep. Thomas Ashcroft son of Mr. and Mrs. David. Ashcroft, 25 Broomhill, Wombwell, was killed in action in...

Soldier – Booker, Walter – Died of Wounds in Italy

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1918 Gunner Walter R. Booker, of Clydesdale, Barnsley road, Wombwell, has died of wounds received in action on the...

Soldier – Moorhouse H.D. – Died from Wounds

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918 Private H D Moorhouse York and Lancaster Private Moorhouse, 87 Brampton Rd, Wombwell died on May 27 in a casualty...

Soldier – Norris L. H. – Killed in Action

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918 Lcp. L. H. Norris, R.E. D.C.M., formerly of Wombwell, has been killed in action in France. His elder brother,...

Soldier – Foster, Thomas – Refused To Surrender

June 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1918 Refused To Surrender. Cpl. Thomas Foster Leicester Regt. Corporal Foster of Wombwell, who as recently announced, has been awarded the D.C.M.,...