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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...

Soldiers – Pearce, Sydney & Arnold – Two Serving 

December 1943
South Yorkshire Times, December 25th 1943  Two Serving  Mr. and Mrs. J. Pearce, of 13, Collindridge Road, Wombwell, whose son-in-law, Sergt. T. E. Bisby, R.A.F., has...

Wedding – Poppleton and Robinson

January 1944
South Yorkshire Times, January 29, 1944 Wedding – Poppleton and Robinson The wedding was solemnised at Brampton Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Catherine Poppleton, only...

Montagu Hospital – The Week’s Casualty List

January 1944
South Yorkshire Times, January 1, 1944 Montagu Hospital The Week’s Casualty List Wednesday. George Case (7), 60, Wath Road, Mexborough, shoulder injury; Eleanor Pocklington, 9, Station Road, Swinton,...

Some Memorable Dates in 1943

January 1944
South Yorkshire Times, January 1, 1944 Looking Back Some Memorable Dates in 1943 January 9 – Announced that Mr. Frank Doxey, manager of Grimethorpe Colliery had been appointed...