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Airman – Longden, James Desmond Diggles – Body Recovered From Sea
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Marconigrams – 25th September 1943
South Yorkshire Times, September 25th 1943
Marconigrams
Miss Margaret McArthur, daughter of Dr. J. McArthur, Denaby Main, was married on Saturday at St. Peter’s Church, Vere...
Soldier – Pye, George, Henry – Urged His Men On – Man Who Would...
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
Urged His Men On
Wombwell Man Who Would Not Give In
A story of how a Wombwell man’s gallantry at...
Editorial – Four Years of War
South Yorkshire Times, September 11th 1943
Four Years of War
Looking back across four years of war, as we do to-day, we cannot help but...