April 1928
Roy Kilner – 4. Local Tributes
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Local Tributes
The following local tributes have been paid to Roy Kilner:
Mr John Belshaw (chairman of the Wombwell Urban...
Roy Kilner – 5. Roy’s Beginning
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Roy's Beginning.
Roy was the second son of Mr and Mrs. Seth Kilner, of the Half Way House, Wombwell....
Roy Kilner – 6. Cricketing Family
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 6, 1928
Cricketing Family.
Heredity seem to have been a big factor in Kiiner's cricket, for all this brothers have gained...
Roy Kilner – Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 07 April 1928
Roy Kilner.
It seems hard to believe, despite the grievous assurance given by the news, that Roy...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 1. Crowds and Cricketers
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 13, 1928
Two photographs taken at the funeral of Roy Kilner, the famous cricketer, at Wombwell, on Tuesday.
The upper...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 2. Funeral Procession – Remarkable Scenes
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 13, 1928
Remarkable Scenes at Wombwell.
Massed Tributes,
Famous Cricketers As Pallbearers.
As an expression of public regard and sympathy, the funeral of...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 3. Rector’s Eulogy “”A Yorkshire Wicket Down.”
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 13, 1928
Rector's Eulogy
"A Yorkshire Wicket Down."
Canon S. T. G. Smith, Rector of Wombwell, conducted the service and delivered an...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 4. Final Procession and Burial (videos)
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 13, 1928
Final Procession and Burial
The service over, the funeral procession wound its way to the Wombwell Cemetery through streets...
Roy Kilner’s Funeral – 5. Thousands Astonishing Pilgrimage to Grave –
Mexborough and Swinton Times April 20, 1928
An Astonishing Pilgrimage to the Grave.
Thousands of Visitors
A week ago the spot where Roy Kilner has been laid...
The Late Roy Kilner and his Boys
Mexborough & Swinton Times, April 1928
The Late Roy Kilner and his Boys