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Soldiers – Wiggett Brothers – In Middle East
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
Brothers in Middle East
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wiggett. of 12a. Pickup Crescent. Wombwell, have just heard...
Editorial – A Lead For The World
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 05 December 1942
A Lead For The World
Not only post-war planning, but the present energy which the British people...
Editorial – Closing In
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 19 December 1942
Closing In
The sudden melting away of what is left of the Afrika Korps from the reputedly formidable...
Editorial – The Mark of the Beast
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 26 December 1942
The Mark of the Beast
Winter relief funds and the sedatives provided by Doctor Goebbels and his hard-worked...
Editorial – Shipping
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 25 July 1942
Shipping
In the presence or imminence of great events in Russia and Egypt shipping is still the...
Wedding – Hampshire & Short
South Yorkshire Times January 2, 1943
Mr. H. Short (Jump) and Miss E. M. Hampshire (Swinton).
The marriage was solemnised at Swinton Parish Church of Mr....
Diary of 1942 – Some Memorable Events
South Yorkshire Times, January 2, 1943
Diary of 1942
Some Memorable Events
January.
17—Death of Canon H. T. Eddershaw, Vicar of Conisbrough for five years.
25—B.B.C. morning service broadcast...
Soldier – Clarke, Frederick George – Soldier’s Spell in Hospital
South Yorkshire Times January 23, 1943
News after 13 Months
Wombwell Soldier's Spell in Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clarke, of 32, Edward Street, Wombwell, have had...
Soldier – Clarkson, Colin – His Christmas Card – Greetings from Middle East
South Yorkshire Times Saturday, January 16, 1943
His Own Christmas Card
Wombwell Art Students's Greetings from Middle East
A Wombwell man, Lieut. Colin Clarkson, R.A., son of...
Soldier – Dyson, Samuel – France, Crete, Libya now “jumping”
South Yorkshire Times January 9, 1943
Wombwell Parachutist
France, Crete, Libya now "jumping"
A Wombwell man of 23, who was in the withdrawal from Dunkirk, again came...