... EgrS &l 100 [7zErS GG JANUARY 31, 1900: The weekly meeting of the committee having charge of the Wigan and district South Africa War Fund was | held on Friday afternoon at the Borough ~ courts,when the Mayor presided. It was resolve that the alteration ...

... best means of expressing to our local volunteers upon their arrival from South Africa the town’s high appreciation of the services they have rendered to the Empire in the war there. The Mayor has been considerably encouraged in the project by letters received ...

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... War memorial makes it home A REGIMENTAL War Memorial commemorating the volunteer soldiers of the King’s Own has gone on display for the first time at the Regimental Museum in Lancaster. The South African War Memorial was acquired by the museum from a ...

... Longest war closer to a peaceful end WYRE and Lancaster MP Hilton Dawson (pictured left) has returned home from efforts to end the longestrunning war in Africa. Mr Dawson visited the Sudan with the All Party Sudan Group, which he set up two years ago ...

... two world wars. D-Day Anniversary: I wonder how many people gave a thought last Wednesday to the fact that this day was the fifty seventh anniversary of the allied invasion of Europe? On this day, the greatest armada of ships the world war had ever seen ...

... women who were falling over themselves to serve us tea and sandwiches.” After Dunkirk Wilfred saw further World War II action in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. ...

... War hero ex-GP dies, aged 80 e SRS WS~ A A WELL-respected Hindley doctor has died at the age of 80. sitions at Manchester Royal Infirmary, working in orthopaedics and rheumatism research. Dr Laurence Chadwick served the community for 30 years, first moving ...

... Widow of Wigan war hero John Corless traced thanks to Observer after Six-years wo ANN GERRARD: The widow of Wigan War Hero Sgt. John Corless pictured with his medals. “I knew that he had been killed when his plane went down, but 1 didn’t hear the sEecific ...

... was during the Second World War. He was called up for service in the 7th Army and was posted to North Africa. B ~ After being wounded, he returned to England and worked as a motorbike despatch rider for the Army until the War ended. Frank had been a promising ...

... Club, observed that until this very formidable war was over the country could not clearly think about the many other questions which were at present under the notice of the Government. With regard to the war everyone considered it a most extraordinary thing ...

... in Fleetwood with 10,000 boxes of kippers and 1300 of salted herrings. Send Off: Mr. J. Waring was called up for war service in South Africa. His workmates gave him a rousing send-off at the railway station. ...