South Yorkshire Times, December 11th 1943
Darfielders Meet In Africa
L.A/c.1 Cyril Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Barnes of Saltersbrook, Darfield, is in North Africa. He is 22 and joined up 2 ½ years ago. At that time he was a welder with a Penistone firm.
He has met a Darfield youth, whom he knows and has now learned of the whereabouts of another old friend of his, Billy Pearson of Great Houghton, whom he hopes to contact in the near future.
Cyril has sent home parcels of lemons.