1941
Soldier – Chapman, Ernest – Prisoner After Being Twice Reported Missing
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 2 August 1941
Wombwell Man a Prisoner
After Being Twice Reported Missing
Mrs. Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George...
Soldier – Griffith, Edwin – Presumed Killed
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941
Presumed Killed
Wombwell Soldier's Fate Mrs. Griffiths, of 19, Broomhead Road, Park Street, Wombwell, has received...
Airman – Blackburn, Kenneth – Cameraman Serving
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941
Cameraman Serving
Kenneth Blackburn (29), who is well known through his association with a photography business in...
Sailor – Scott, David – Former Choirboy
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941
Former Choirboy
Seaman David Scott (21), son of Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, of 25, Goodyear Crescent,...
Soldier – Jeavons, Frank – Second “Outing “
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 16 August 1941
Second "Outing "
After the withdrawal from Dunkirk, where he had a "rough passage," Cpl. Frank Jeavons...
Soldier – Myers, Joe -“Times” Gets Around – Wombwell Man’s Letter
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941
"Times" Gets Around
Wombwell Man's Letter
“I have had the 'Times' for the past three years in...
Soldier – Rowe, James Edward – Father’s Big Pie.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941
Father’s Big Pie.
Son of the man who cooked Wombwell's mammoth pie for a festival some years...
Soldier – Gibson, James – Likes His Job
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941
Likes His Job
James Gibson (27), son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. Gibson, of 16, Wood Street,...
Soldier – Ryan, Vincent – His “21st”
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 09 August 1941
His “21st”
To celebrate his 21st birthday last January, Vincent Ryan, a former pupil of Saint Michael’s...
Soldiers – Hobson N. & Potter T. – Met in Prison Camp
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 23 August 1941
Met in Prison Camp
Two Brampton Soldiers
Two local soldiers, Pte. N Hobson, of 2, Brookside Crescent, West...