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Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out

9 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Sparring For the Knock-Out Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine

23 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944 The Fight for the Rhine Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...

Editorial – A Great Step Forward

30 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 A Great Step Forward Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...

Splendid Boxing Show at Thurnscoe

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Splendid Boxing Show at Thurnscoe The canteen at Hickleton Colliery was well filled on Saturday for N.C.A.B.A. rules in aid...

Soldier – Carby, Eric – Birthday Greetings

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Birthday Greetings We add a further greeting to the one which appears this week in our Greetings Column, to Eric...

Soldier – Smallman, Joseph – Footballer in India

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Footballer in India Joseph Smallman (30), son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Smallman of Havelock Street, Darfield, is fighting in...

Soldier – Steer, Herbert – Hopes To Be Signaller

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 Hopes To Be Signaller Herbert Steer (18 ½), son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Steer, Garden Street, Darfield, has joined...

Editorial – A Winter Campaign?

7 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 A Winter Campaign? With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...