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Soldier – Chance, Sydney – Recovered from Gas Attack
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Signaller Chance
Signaller Sydney Chance, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Chance, of Millhouses, Darfield, has recovered from...
Soldier – Cottam, Charles – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 8, 1916
Private Charles Cottam
(York & Lancs)
Havelock Street, Snape Hill, Darfield
Killed in Action
From C.W.G.C.:
Service No:189
Date of Death:21/06/1916
Regiment/Service:York and Lancaster Regiment...
Soldier – De Ville Smith – Lay Reader and Officer Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Captain George De Ville Smith (York and Lancs),
was a lay reader in the Darfield parish previous to the outbreak...
Soldier – Debney, Jonah – Shrapnel in Groin and Fractured Leg
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 29, 1916
Lance Corporal Jonah Debney (York & Lancs)
of 67 Havelock Street, Darfield, was wounded on 3rd July with shrapnel...
Soldier – Fearons, George – Bullet in Right Arm
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Corporal George Fearons
(York & Lancs),
youngest son of Mr and the late John Fearons, of College Terrace, Darfield, is...
Soldier – Fearons, John – Sceptic Poisoning
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 29, 1916
Private J Fearons
Mrs Fearons, of College Terrace, Darfield, has received a letter from her son, Private John Fearons...
Soldier – Foster W.M. – Died of Wounds in Great Advance
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 22, 1916
Private W.M. Foster (York & Lancs) of College Terrace, Darfield, has died of wounds received during the advance....
Soldier – Fowler, John – Died of Enteric Fever
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 15, 1916
Private John Fowler
(Leicesters)
Pinfold Lane, Darfield
Died of Enteric Fever
Soldier – Goldthorpe, Hornby – Wounded in Back by Shrapnel
Mexborough and Swinton Times, July 29, 1916