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Soldier – Cottom, Arthur – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
Mr. and Mrs A. John Cottom of Havelock street, have received news that their son, Pte. Arthur Cottom....
Soldier – Pearce, Ernest Edwin – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1918
Pte. Ernest Edwin Pearce
York and Lancaster
Private Ernest Edwin Pearce is also reported missing.
He joined at the beginning of...
Soldier – Penaluna, Arthur – Prisoner in Germany
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1918
Private Arthur Penaluna
West Yorkshire Regiment
Private Arthur Penaluna, Snape Hill Darfield, is a prisoner in Germany.
Previous to enlistment 12...
Soldier – Scott S. – Gassed & in Hospital
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 8, 1918
Gunner S. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, of Cliff road, Darfield, have received news that their son, Gnr....
Soldier – Firth, John – Missing
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 29, 1918
Signaller John Firth (M.G.C.), New-st., is reported missing. His Company officer states in a letter that the company...
Soldier – Hopkinson, Fred – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 22, 1918
Gunner Fred Hopkinson
York and Lancaster
Gunner Hopkinson of Darfield Bridge, has been killed in action.
He was 19, and was...
Soldier – Briggs, Walter – Military Medal
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 15, 1918
A Darfield Medallist.
Lance Corporal Walter Briggs (R.E.), son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Briggs, of Garden-Street, Darfield,has been...
Soldier – Hayes, John – Prisoner in Germany
Soldier – Hayes, John – Prisoner in Germany
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918
Private John Hayes
York and Lancaster
Darfield – Prisoner in Germany
Soldier – Thorpe, Titus – Hospital, Wounded
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918
Private Titus Thorpe
York and Lancaster
Private Thorpe of Dar-field, is in hospital in France, wounded.
He enlisted three years ago,...
Sailor – Venables, Horace – Died after an Operation
Mexborough and Swinton Times July 13, 1918
Darfield Sailor's Funeral
At All Saints, Darfield, on Friday, First-Class Stoker Horace Venables, aged 25, eldest son of Mr....