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Wath  200 for 3  Cortonwood  129 – Wath’s First Win

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 17th, 1944 Thorncliffe Master Mexborough Thorncliffe  153  Mexborough  58 Thorncliffe are having a good season and at home on Saturday to Mexborough they...

Soldier – Major R.T.V. Hay M.C. – Loss of Leg After Wounds

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 17th, 1944 Major R.T.V. Hay M.C. - Loss of Leg After Wounds Major R. T. V. Hay, M.C. Royal Artillery, who has...

Sailor – Beevers, Horace – At Landings

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 17th, 1944 At Landings At the landings on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, Telegraphist Horace Beevers, (20), son of Mr. and Mrs....

Sailor – Coe, John George – In Unbeaten Team

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 17th, 1944 Leading Naval Airman, John George Coe (35), Fleet Air Arm, whose home is at 2, South Place, Wombwell, has...

Soldiers – Lawson, Jack & Morris, Steve – South Yorkshire Boys in the Bahamas

June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 10th, 1944 South Yorkshire Boys in the Bahamas This interesting photograph is of five South Yorkshire boys, all members of H. M....

Editorial – Planning for Work

3 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 3rd, 1944 Planning for Work Though there is a negative quality about the Government’s White Paper on post-war employment, in that it...

Editorial – Getting to Grips

17 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times June 17, 1944 Getting to Grips These last ten days have been the most heartening since Britain took up arms against the all-pervading...

Editorial – Well Begun

17 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times June 17, 1944 Well Begun At long last conjecture has given place to reality. The contact between Germany and the Allies broken off...

Editorial – Secret Weapons

24 June 1944
South Yorkshire Times, June 24, 1944 Secret Weapons Reprisals for allied bombing attacks on Germany have been long promised. This was one of the hopes used...

In East Africa

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944 In East Africa When Miss Gwennie England (28), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. England, 10, Milton Street, Wombwell, left...