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Soldier – Cartwright J. – Ready for the Huns

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 Ready for the Huns Gunner J. Cartwright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright, of Station Road, has...

Soldier – Dawes, Robert Charles- “Fares Please” In France

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday, November 18, 1939 "Fares Please" In France A familiar and popular figure has been lost to the Upton-Sheffield bus route...

Soldier – Dodds, Arthur – An Army Goalkeeper

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 An Army Goalkeeper The football tradition, which has made South Yorkshire famous has been carried into the...

Soldier – Haines E.R. – With Famous General

November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 25 November 1939 With Famous General To have appeared on a photograph with General Gamelin, the Fench Commander in Chief,...

Soldier – Leather, Colin – Leaves Good Business Career

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Mr Colin Leather Mr Colin leather, 24 years old son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Leather, 35, Mellor Rd,...

Soldiers – C.L.B. Traditions – Tabor, Smith, Leather, Spence & Cutler

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 C.L.B. Traditions The Church Lads' Brigade is not a military organisation, but in times of national stress it never...

Soldiers – Hall Brothers – Two Sons Serving – “Don’t Worry” Message

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall, of Illsley Road. Darfield, have two sons serving in H.M. Forces, one somewhere...

Soldiers – Jones , Tom & Ernest & Wolsey, Henry – Brothers In Arms

November 1939
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 4, 1939 Brothers In Arms Wombwell has a family from which three sons have gone up to the colours.   Two are sergeants...

Editorial – “I Would” and “I Dare Not”

4 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 04 November 1939 "I Would" and "I Dare Not" Still, like the cat i' the adage would" waits upon...

Editorial – A Cry From No Man’s Land

11 November 1939
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 11 November 1939 A Cry From No Man's Land The offer of the King of the Belgians and the...