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Soldiers – Conways & Hudson – Good Service

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st, 1944 Good Service   Eliezer Conway, R.A., and May Conway, A.T.S. are the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conway of...

Editorial – Shadow of Defeat

1 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 1st 1944 Shadow of Defeat With the fall of Cherbourg things really begin to look bad for the Germans.  Having got our...

Editorial – Hammer And Sickle

8 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, 08 July 1944 Hammer And Sickle Russia, whose war machine the Allies have never ceased to nourish, now sees her great opportunity and...

Editorial – Germany at Bay

15 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 Germany at Bay Caen, the Norman town in the streets of which British airborne troops were fighting on the night...

Editorial – Careless Talk

22 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Careless Talk Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...

Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 When Rogues Fall Out Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...

Marconigrams – August 05th, 1944

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 Marconigrams Red Cross collections in the Dearne District for July totalled £186/7/3. “October in the Straits” states a recent newspaper heading,...

Marconigrams – August 26th, 1944

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944 Marconigrams Among the prize-winning animals exhibited at Conisbrough Show on Saturday was a pig weighing 68 stones. Mineworkers at eight collieries...

Soldier – Rock, Keneth – Injured In Normandy

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Injured In Normandy Trooper Kenneth Rock R.A.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rock, of 91, Furlong Road, joined the...

Soldier -Sharrock, Leslie W.G. – Promoted

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 12th 1944 Promoted Leslie W. G. Sharrock only son of Mr. J. W. Sharrock, manager of the Furlong Road branch of the...