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Tibetan Monk’s Hospitality – Wombwell Soldier’s Tea with Butter

November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 Tibetan Monk’s Hospitality Wombwell Soldier's Tea with Butter The Rector of Wombwell, Canon J. St. Leger Blakeney gets many newsy...

Editorial – Common Cause

6 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 6th 1943 Common Cause News from Moscow was scanty for the duration of the conference between Britain, the United States and...

Editorial – November 13th, 1943 – To The Bitter End

13 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 13th 1943 To The Bitter End Hitler’s speech, sandwiched between those of Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill, did not gain anything...

Editorial – Looking for Trouble

20 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 20th 1943 Looking For Trouble There is still a good deal that is not clear about the unrest in the Lebanon,...

Editorial – Ripening The Harvest

27 November 1943
South Yorkshire Times, November 27th 1943 Ripening The Harvest The Bomb blizzard which has struck Berlin during the last few days while only a further...

Soldier – Saville M.H. – Conisbrough Query

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943 A Conisbrough Query The man on the right-hand side of the photograph reproduced here, was recently killed in action in...

Airman – Beaumont, Wilfred – D.F.C. For Saving “Ship” And Crew

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 11th 1943 Brampton Officer Decorated D.F.C. For Saving “Ship” And Crew Pilot Officer Wilfred Beaumont (22), only son of Mr. and Mrs....

Conisbrough Response To Wombwell War Widow’s Query

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943 Conisbrough Response To Wombwell War Widow’s Query The photograph in our last issue of a Wombwell soldier named Saville, who...

Soldier – Hewitt, Thomas E. – Back From Salerno – Invalided Home

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 18th 1943 Back From Salerno Wombwell Man Invalided Home Having been invalided home from Italy suffering the after effects of malaria, L/Cpl....

Soldier – Hobson, Walter – Story of Recapture

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 4th 1943 Wombwell Man’s Story of Recapture Walter Hobson (25), son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Hobson, Long Fold, West Melton, has...