1941 Quarter 2
Editorial – Crete
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 24 May 1941
Crete
The strategic necessities of the struggle in the Near East made it imperative for the...
Editorial – Hard Punches
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 31 May 1941
Hard Punches
The loss of H.M.S. Hood, blown up by a single shell with practically all hands,...
Two Saved – One Drowned
Mexborough & Swinton Times June 28, 1941
Two Saved - One Drowned
At an inquest at Darfield on Monday a 12 year old pupil of Wath...
Darfield Heroin
Mexborough & Swinton Times June 28, 1941
Eileen Woodcock, of Darfield (right) the Wath Grammar School girl who rescued two children who were in danger...
Editorial – The Tragedy of Syria
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 21 June 1941
The Tragedy of Syria
Against brave resistance bred of loyalty to a bad cause, we are...
Airman – Carr, John Harrison – Pilot Now
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1941
Pilot Now.
John Harrison Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Carr, Woodhall Lane, Darfield, has been...
Airman – Thompson, Leslie – Schoolboy International
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 14 June 1941
Schoolboy International Footballer
Leslie Thompson (18), the schoolboy international footballer, and son of Mr. and Mrs. A....
Sailor – Shaw J. – Keen Sportsman
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1941
Able Seaman J. Shaw. 47. York Cottages, Pitt Street, Low Valley, formerly a surface worker at...
Soldier – Parnham W. – Royal Engineers
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 June 1941
Sapper W. Parnham (25), youngest son of Mr. W. Parnham and the late Mrs. Parnham, School...
Soldier – Vizzard, Fred – Party in Prison Letter from Soldier
Mexborough & Swinton Times, June 21, 1941
Party in Prison
Letter from Low Valley Soldier
Mr. and Mrs. George Vizzard. of 58, George Street, Low Valley, have...