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Soldier – Rawlinson, John – In Lincolnshire Regiment.

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942. Private John Rawlinson (22), who has resided with his aunts, theĀ  Misses Rawlinson, at 115, Snape Hill,...

Soldier – Wilkinson, Ernest – Real Sacrifice

January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942. Real Sacrifice Ernest Wilkinson, 44, George Street, Low Valley, joined the R.A.S.C. a year ago at the age...

Editorial – We See Our Way (video)

3 January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 03 January 1942 We See Our Way The Western Hemisphere has received large infusions of the Churchill spirit. The Premier...

Editorial – Jam To-morrow

10 January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 10 January 1942. Jam To-morrow President Roosevelt's impressive inventory of war material to be produced in the United States this year...

Editorial – Tides of Battle

17 January 1942
South Yorkshire Times, January 17th 1942 Tides of Battle Though resistance visibly grows, the Japanese drive in the Pacific has not yet lost its momentum,...

Editorial – Safe Home

24 January 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 24 January 1942 Safe Home Mr. Winston Churchill is safely back from his historic mission to the United States. It was...

Nearly One a Minute – Recruits For Wombwell and Darfield A.T.C.

February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 February 1942 Nearly One a Minute Recruits For Wombwell and Darfield A.T.C. A resolution formally authorising application for permission to...

Soldier – Striickland, Eric – In A Rickshaw

February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 07 February 1942 In A Rickshaw Eric Strickland, of Darfield, a former driver on the long distance Yorkshire Traction buses, has...

Editorial – Singapore

7 February 1942
South Yorkhire Times - Saturday 7 February 1942 Singapore We have not yet got accustomed to the terrific pace of this war. In Russia, where...

Editorial – Hail, Russia!

14 February 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 14 February 1942 Hail, Russia! Who would have supposed, when Stalin gave Hitler a free hand against Poland, Britain, and...