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Soldiers – Woods Brothers – Brothers Meet In Naples

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Brothers Meet In Naples Cpl. Fred Woods R.A.M.C., and L./Ac. Jack Woods are brothers and sons of Mr. and Mrs....

Editorial – How Long?

2 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 How Long? Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war.  Names rendered familiar by the swaying...

Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out

9 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Sparring For the Knock-Out Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine

23 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944 The Fight for the Rhine Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...

Editorial – A Great Step Forward

30 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 A Great Step Forward Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...

Wedding – Drewery & Vickers

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Wedding – Drewery & Vickers Miss Magaret Ann Drewery, 24, Brewery Terrace, Wath, and Mr. Albert Ernest Vickers, 151, Ingsfield...

Bolton Headmaster’s Busy Career

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944 Mr. H. A. Kerry Bolton Headmaster’s Busy Career When Mr. Henry Augustus Kerry, headmaster of Bolton Junior Boys’ School retires on...

Soldier – Westerman, Arthur – Missing

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Missing Mrs. Arthur Westerman of 55, Wath Road, has received official notification this week that her husband, Pte. A. Westerman...