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Soldier – Baker A.E. – Not Dead – Kilnhurst Organist POW
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 24, 1917
Not Dead
Kilnhurst Organist a Prisoner of War
Private A.E. Baker (York & Lancs)
son of Mr & Mrs Charles Baker,...
Soldier – Fisher H. – Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 3, 1917
Private Horace Fisher
(York and Lancs)
has been killed in action in France.
He joined the colours at the outbreak of war,...
Soldier – Milner R. – Left Leg Amputated
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 17, 1917
Signaller R. Milner
(K.O.Y.L.I.)
is in hospital in Bristol, having been severely wounded in the left leg, and the limb...
Soldier – Machin W. – Severely Wounded
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 5, 1917
Sgt W Machin (York and Lancs)
has been severely wounded in the right shoulder and left side of neck.
He...
Five Black Eyes in Two Years
Sheffield Daily Telegraph June 8, 1917
Archie Hoyle, miner, of Victoria Street, Kilnhurst was, at the Rotherham Borough Court yesterday, ordered to contribute 20 shillings...
Soldier – Burkinshaw G. – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 30, 1917
Private G Burkinshaw
(York and Lancaster)
has been killed in action on June 7.
Enlisted in November 8, 1914. He...
Soldier – Kirby E. – In Hospital with Internal Injuries
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 23, 1917
Private E Kirby
(6th York and Lancaster)
is now in hospital at Billinge, near Wigan, suffering from an internal wound.
He...
Soldiers – Beal’s – Four Kilnhurst Brothers
Mexborough and Swinton Times June 23, 1917
Four Kilnhurst Brothers
These are the four soldier sons of Mrs E Colley of Kilnhurst.
Sapper Beal (Royal engineer) has...
Without a Ticket
Sheffield Evening Telegraph July 19, 1917
Without a Ticket
“For a contemptible piece of deceit,” as described Mr S Osman, with Mr E Holmes adjudicated in...