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Wedding – Reeves & Whitney

April 1943
South Yorkshire Times, April 10, 1943 Wedding – Reeves & Whitney A soldier In the U.S.A. Forces, Pte. Carleton Whitney, of Iowa, has taken as his...

Marconigrams – July 17th, 1943

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 Marconigrams More than 100,000 road passenger transport workers in England and Wales will benefit by an agreement...

Rockingham 208 for 5  Brampton  73 – Young Rockingham Batsman Shines

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943 Yorkshire Council Young Rockingham Batsman Shines Rockingham 208 for 5  Brampton  73 Rockingham secured a conspicuous victory over Brampton in their feast...

Airman – Longden, James Desmond Diggles – Body Recovered From Sea

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 3, 1943 Brampton Airman Lost Body Recovered From Sea The district has lost a promising and intrepid young airman by the death of...

Airman- McCue, James – Flight Sergeant Fatally Injured in Canada

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943 Wombwell Flight Sergeant Fatally Injured in Canada Mr. and Mrs. James McCue, of 1, Broomhead Road, Wombwell, received a telegram...

Soldier – Chapman, Ernest – Mystery About Wombwell Soldier

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 New's From Egypt and Germany Mystery About Wombwell Soldier Under the same date (May 17th) ,Mrs Chapman (23),...

Soldier – Dyson R.D. – Home from Africa

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times, July 10, 1943 Home from Africa One of the first to return from the North African battle front to Wombwell is Corporal R....

Soldier – Long, George Albert – In Middle East

July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 In Middle East Gunner George Albert Long (26), only son of Mr and Mrs G Long, of 12...

Editorial – Well Begun

17 July 1943
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 17 July 1943 Well Begun The Second Front, about which so much has been said and written, particularly since Mr. Churchill...

Wombwell Main Romance – Miss Nora M. Hempson Engaged to Army Officer

September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943 Wombwell Main Romance Miss Nora M. Hempson Engaged to Army Officer Friends at Wombwell will be interested to hear of the...