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Darfield Boy Electrocuted

November 1917
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 07 November 1917 Darfield Boy Electrocuted George Henry Fisher (15), screenhand, of 10, Snape Hill Road, Darfield. met with a...

Pit Laid Idle

November 1917
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 15 November 1917 Pit Laid Idle The Houghton Main Colliery, near Darfield, was laid idle, yesterday, in consequence of an accident...

Soldier – Beardsley J.– Missing

November 1917
Mexborough and Swinton TimesNovember 17, 1917 Private J Beardsley Mr and Mrs C Beardsley, of Victoria Street and be notified that their son, Private Joseph Beardsley...

Soldier – Gilbert P.– Wounded

November 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 3, 1917 Bombardier P Gilbert Royal Field Artillery Darfield -  Wounded

Soldier – Longden H.– In Hospital

November 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 3, 1917 Driver H Longden Royal Engineers Darfield – In Hospital

Soldier – Freear, George – Trench Feet

December 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 29, 1917 Private George Freear East Lancashire Private Geo. Freear (East Lancs.), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Freear, of Victoria...

Soldier – Perrin W.H.– Received Discharge

December 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 29, 1917 Corporal W. H. Perrin York and Lancaster. Corporal WH Perrin, eldest son of Mr. and. Mrs. George Perrin, of...

Soldier – Perrin, Horace – Wounded in France

December 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 29, 1917 Gunner Horace Perrin Royal Field Artillery Gunner Horace Perrin, a younger brother, has just been wounded in France by the...

Soldier – Stanley F. – Final Discharge

December 1917
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 29, 1917 Sapper F. Stanley Royal Engineers Sapper Stanley  after having been in hospital many months, has received his final discharge. He has...

Run Over By Motor Char-A-Banc

January 1918
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 07 January 1918 John Henry Skelton (54), miner, of 34, John Street, Darfield, was walking home from Low Valley on...