June 1918
Golden Wedding Celebration
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
At the Darfield Wesleyan Church, on Monday last, the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr and Mrs...
Royal Red Cross Award for Darfield Nurse
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
Miss Dorothy Taylor. daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. C.H. Taylor, Middlewood Hall, Darfield and Hampole Priory, a staff...
Soldier – Cottom, Arthur – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
Mr. and Mrs A. John Cottom of Havelock street, have received news that their son, Pte. Arthur Cottom....
Soldier – Pearce, Ernest Edwin – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1918
Pte. Ernest Edwin Pearce
York and Lancaster
Private Ernest Edwin Pearce is also reported missing.
He joined at the beginning of...
Soldier – Penaluna, Arthur – Prisoner in Germany
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1918
Private Arthur Penaluna
West Yorkshire Regiment
Private Arthur Penaluna, Snape Hill Darfield, is a prisoner in Germany.
Previous to enlistment 12...
Soldier – Scott S. – Gassed & in Hospital
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
Gunner S. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, of Cliff road, Darfield, have received news that their son, Gnr....
Soldier – Firth, John – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1918
Signaller John Firth (M.G.C.), New-st., is reported missing. His Company officer states in a letter that the company...
Soldier – Hopkinson, Fred – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1918
Gunner Fred Hopkinson
York and Lancaster
Gunner Hopkinson of Darfield Bridge, has been killed in action.
He was 19, and was...
Soldier – Briggs, Walter – Military Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1918
A Darfield Medallist.
Lance Corporal Walter Briggs (R.E.), son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Briggs, of Garden-Street, Darfield,has been...