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Soldier – Taylor, Herbert – In Hospital, Shellshock

May 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 4,1918 Private Herbert Taylor York and Lancaster   Private Taylor, Snape Hill, is in hospital in Hillsborough, Sheffield, suffering with shellshock. He has served...

Soldier – Turner, George – Gassed

May 1918
Mexborough & Swinton Times, May 11, 1918 Sapper George Turner Darfield - Gassed.  

Soldier – Bray, Percy – Missing

May 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times, May18, 1918 Private Percy Bray East Yorks Darfield – Missing                        

Golden Wedding Celebration

June 1918
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

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...