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1918 Quarter 2

Royal Red Cross Award for Darfield Nurse

June 1918
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

June 1918
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

June 1918
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

June 1918
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

June 1918
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

June 1918
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

June 1918
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

June 1918
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...