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Editorial – A Start in Egypt

31 October 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 31 October 1942 A Start in Egypt Climate, thoughtfully hinged to strategy no doubt, has given the Middle East precedence...

“Wish I Were There” – A Soldier’s Reverie of South Yorkshire

November 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 November 1942 “Wish I Were There" A Soldier's Reverie of South Yorkshire “Wish I were there now,” are words you often...

Marconigrams – November 07th, 1942

November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 November 1942 Marconigrams Prisoners in German hands, according to an Axis source include Private Ernest Noble, 71, Shoe Lane,...

Marconigrams – November 14th, 1942

November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 November 1942 Marconigrams Ten new war-time nurseries were opened In Yorkshire during the month of October. A further five...

Marconigrams – November 21st, 1942

November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 November 1942 Marconigrams Swinton's new curate, the Rev. F. Smedley, arrived in the town yesterday (Thursday). Earl Fitzwilliam has addressed...

Marconigrams – November 28th, 1942

November 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 November 1942 Marconigrams Mr. H. Charlesworth, of Wombwell, a member of the Dearne Board, has suggested that Italian and German...

Editorial – Rommel Is On The Run.

7 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 November 1942 Rommel Is On The Run. The German Afrika Korps and its satellite Italians are streaming westward...

Editorial – A Third Front

14 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 November 1942 A Third Front The Battle of Egypt has indeed proved the prelude to more momentous developments....

Editorial – The Follow Through

21 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 November 1942 The Follow Through Hitler, it seems, means to make a bid to save something from the wreck...

Editorial – Ring of Retribution

28 November 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 28 November 1942 Ring of Retribution To say that Hitler's world, created at the cost of so much blood and...