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Wombwell Orchard Raiders – Farmer Complains of Damage
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 August 1942
Wombwell Orchard Raiders
Farmer Complains of Damage
At 1-45 a.m. on July 9th, Percy Charlesworth, farmer, Townend...
Wombwell Man Remanded – Alleged Manslaughter
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 August 1942
Wombwell Man Remanded
Alleged Manslaughter
Arthur Whitehead (43), Unemployed, of 5, Queen Street, Wombwell, was remanded on bail at...
Brampton 100 Thorncliffe 104 for 1 – Extras Totalled 30
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 01 August 1942
90 In Boundary Hits
A hurricane 94 not out, including 18 fours and three sixes by R....
Brampton 142 Mexborough 187 – Big Hitting in Vain
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942
Yorkshire Council
A Thorncliffe Collapse
Thorncliffe lost at home to Wath by six wickets. C. Davis (22) and T....
Airman – Pepper, Gordon Dakin – Wombwell Airman Missing
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 22 August 1942
Wombwell Airman Missing
Reported missing is Sergeant Gordon Dakin Pepper, R.A.F. wireless operator, son of Mr....
Soldier – Noble, Ernest – Believed Prisoner.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 15 August 1942
Believed Prisoner.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Noble, of Hough Lane, Wombwell, have received through Red Cross sources...
Soldier – Layhe, Clifford – Killed in Action – Man Who Was at Dunkirk
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 August 1942
Killed in Action
Broomhill Man Who Was at Dunkirk
News was received yesterday that Private Clifford Hinchliffe Layhe (31),...
Airman – Bromley, Thomas – Sergeant-Pilot Home from Rhodesia
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 22 August 1942
Home from Rhodesia
Wombwell Sergeant- Pilot Sees Old Friends
Sergeant Pilot Thomas Bromley (19), R.A.F. son of Mr....
Airman – Walker K.M. – Town Clerk Joins the Forces
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 29 August 1942
In The R.A.F.
Wombwell Town Clerk Joins the Forces
Mr. K. M. Walker, of Wombwell Grange. Clerk to the...
Airman – Wilson, John – Armourer in R.A.F.
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 08 August 1942
Armourer in R.A.F.
John Wilson (20), son of Mr. J. Wilson, 23, Gower Street, Wombwell, is now serving...