1942
Airman – Oldknow, Jack – Pilot Missing
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942
Sergeant Jack Oldknow (21), a pilot in the R.A.F., youngest of seven children of Mr. and Mrs....
Sailor – Potts, Frederick – Saved From Java
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942
Saved From Java
Wombwell Seaman's Message
A survivor from the Battle of the Java Seas was Able Seaman...
Soldier – Allen, Charles – Wombwell Footballer
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942
Wombwell Footballer
Former footballer friends will be pleased to hear of Gunner Charles Allen (36), R.A., of 13, Wath...
Soldier – Dyson, Samuel – Wombwell Man of Many Campaigns
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942
Seeing Life
Wombwell Man of Many Campaigns
Pte. Samuel Dyson (23), younger son of Mr. and Mrs. William...
Soldier – Hutchinson, Ernest – Soldier’s News of Her Son
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 11 April 1942
Grateful Mother
Soldier's News of Her Son
A message sent home by a Wombwell soldier to the effect...
Soldier – Newsome, Herbert Verdun – Back to the Mine.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 April 1942
Back to the Mine.
Herbert Verdun Newsome (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newsome, 47, Wright Crescent,...
Soldier – Palmer, Charles – Wombwell Swimmer Abroad
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942
Wombwell Swimmer Abroad
Pte. Charles Palmer, R.A.O.C. (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Palmer, of 46, Goodyear Crescent, Wombwell,...
Editorial – India: Why Now?
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942
India: Why Now?
The fanfare accompanying the offer of Dominion self-government to India is part of a...
Editorial – Spendthrift
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 April 1942
Spendthrift
The Budget is a present for a good boy. Those who are already putting their earnings into...
Editorial – Second Front
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942
Second Front
The demand for the opening by the United Nations of a second front in Europe is not now...