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Soldier – Tate, Thomas – Military Medal

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 30, 1918 Private Thomas Tate Darfield Military Medal

Soldier – Wright, Percy – Military Medal

November 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times November 9, 1918 Corporal. Percy Wright Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Corporal Wright of 17,Victoria street, Dar-field, has been awarded the Military Medal...

Battle Honours – Local Decorations in Great War – A Remarkable List of...

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 Battle Honours. Local Decorations During The Great War. A Remarkable List We give below a list of the men of this...

Editorial – A Well Kept Watch

December 1918
South Yorkshire Times, December 2nd 1944 A Well Kept Watch On Sunday the Home Guard formally “stands down.” In the critical days which followed the Dunkirk...

Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – Final Year of the War

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 Victory Year. The Stirring Events of 1918. South Yorkshire's Part in the Final Effort. We have passed through the year of...

Victory Year – The Stirring Events of 1918 – South Yorkshire’s Part

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 28, 1918 While the battle raged on the Western Front, the people in the South Yorkshire district were doing their...

Soldier – Brass, Reginald – French Awards

December 1918
Mexborough and Swinton Times December 21, 1918 Mr Reginald Brass York and Lancaster Mr  Brass, former officer of the York and Lancaster Regiment, has been awarded the...

Miners Pleased.

January 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 25 January 1919 Wombwell Miners Pleased. The men employed at six pits in the Wombwell district held meetings yesterday to discuss...

Rector to take Six Months Complete Rest

January 1919
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 03 January 1919 The Rev. A. E. Sorby, Rector of Darfield and Rural Dean of Wath, has been ordered away...

Soldier – Bell, George – Mons Man Home from Germany – A Long Ordeal.

January 1919
Mexborough and Swinton Times January 11, 1919 A Long Ordeal. DarfieId Mons Man Home from Germany. Pte. George Bell, 1st Lincolns, has just returned home to his...