Meeting of the Barnsley War Memorials Project 6 May 2014

The third meeting of the Barnsley War Memorials Project will be held on Tuesday 6 May 2014 from 2pm to 3pm in meeting room 10 of Barnsley Town Hall.

The Barnsley War Memorials Project's initial aim is to produce a Roll of Honour of the Fallen of the First World War for the Barnsley area.  Further information can be found here.

Items to be covered on 6 May include the new constitution, funding bids, progress, our public profile and accuracy and checking of work.

All are welcome, but please contact us first if you can so that we know how many people to expect.  Supporting papers can be requested from the same contact.

Thank you for your support.

Thurnscoe, St Helens Church, Memorial Window WW1

Memorial Window St Helen's Church, Thurnscoe (photo by PD)

Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photographed by Pete Davies

Newspaper research by BarnsleyHistorian

Inscription:

In Memory of the Men We Loved Who Died for England 1914-1918 Requiescant in Pace.
 
There are no names on this window, however the list of 82 names referred to in the cutting below can be found on our entry for the Memorial Plaque in St Helen's Church.

Barnsley Chronicle 11 March 1922 (thanks to Barnsley Archives)

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Penistone, St Andrew's Methodist Church, Memorial Tablet

Memorial Tablet in St Andrew's Penistone (thanks to JD for the photo)

Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photographed by JD in April 2014
Transcribed by BarnsleyHistorian

Thanks to the Rev David Hall for permission to photograph this tablet.  We assume this tablet is from St Paul's Methodist church which used to be on the site of St Andrew's.  If anyone can confirm this please get in touch.
 
Names:
Where further information on a name has been researched by our volunteers it will be linked here (look for the names in blue) to a page on this site or to an external site.

[1914-1919]

Pro Patria
To the Glory of God and in Memory of
Those who gave their Services
In the Cause of Humanity

Allen J,
Ashton W H,
Beever G,
Beever G H,
Beever L,
Birkenshaw A,
Birkenshaw G H,
Bishop C,
Bonner A,
Butcher F,
Butcher G H,
Butcher J E,
Butcher J W,
Calcutt W,
Clark A,
Clark E,
Clark W,
Clarkson A,
Clarkson G,
Clarkson W,
Clegg E,
Clough H,
Eddy G,
Farnsworth ? (some names obscured by poppy cross)
French ?
Gle?
Haw?
Hod?
Houg?
Hurs?
Jagger?
Kilner B,
Knowles H,
Lee T H,
Makin D,
Marshall J,
Marshall W,
Mellor J W,
Mortimer J,
Radley G,
Ramsden W H,
Robinson J,
Smith V,
Sutton H,
Swallow H,
Taylor R,
Travis E,
Travis F,
Travis G,
Travis L
Travis W,
Travis Wm,
Wadsworth N,
Wadsworth Nelson,
Wadsworth W,

? A,  (names obscured by poppy cross) 
? G E,
? R,
? and F,
? worth Nurse A.

Died on Service

Ashton E,
Calcutt ?,   (names partially obscured by poppy cross)
 Clarkson ?,
Fennell ?,
Hawes R,
Hodgkinson A,
Knowles E,
Mitchell G,
? r A.


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War Memorial Gravestones in Carlton Cemetery

During both the First and Second World Wars re-repatriation of the bodies of fallen servicemen and women was not usual.  The Unknown Soldier, entombed in Westminster Abbey represents those buried and commemorated overseas who could not come home.  For many families, deprived of a graveside at which to mourn, one solution was to add the name of their lost son (or daughter) to the family gravestone in their local churchyard.  

The Imperial War Museum's War Memorials' Archive defines a War Memorial as "any tangible object which has been erected or dedicated to commemorate those killed as a result of war, conflict or peacekeeping; who served in war or conflict; or who died whilst engaged in military service."  This includes gravestones which commemorate a casualty buried elsewhere.  There must be a clear statement on the memorial (or in a printed document such as a newspaper report from the time) that defines the commemorative purpose of the feature and reports its erection. The full wording of their definition can be found here.

Thus gravestones which include wording such as: died of wounds received in action, killed in action, fell in France, died on active service, reported missing in action, or even killed accidentally while on active service all count as War Memorials.  The wording is a "clear statement" that the purpose of recording that person's name on the gravestone is as a memorial.

Graves which are situated on the site of the burial of a casualty, such as Commonwealth War Graves, are not War Memorials, however the Barnsley War Memorials Project is also collecting their details for inclusion in the Barnsley Roll of Honour.

Carlton Cemetery contains two Commonwealth War Graves. 

In July 2017 an avenue of trees was planted in the Cemetery and a plaque was dedicated to the men from Carlton who lost their lives in the First World War. (Barnsley Chronicle 28 July 2017)


In the list below, where the name is blue click to follow the link to a page with a larger photograph and more information.

Gravestone Location Section Row No.	Soldier's Name & Regiment Date of Death	Photograph
*	George Chapman Kings Own Scottish Borderers 16 May 1917
*	William Owen RNVR June 1942
*	Samuel Johnson HMS Argon 23 October 1918
*	Herbert Turton RNVR  21 August 1918
*	Leonard Hall 1/5 York & Lancs 7 July 1916
*	George Edward Kilner 13th York & Lancs 30 March 1918
*	Harry Ferris 1/5 York & Lancs 7 July 1916
*	Wilfred Grove KOYLI 8 May 1942
*	* * *	*
*	* * *	*
*	* * *	*

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War Memorial Gravestones & CWGC Gravestones in Darton Churchyard & Cemetery

During both the First and Second World Wars re-repatriation of the bodies of fallen servicemen and women was not usual.  The Unknown Soldier, entombed in Westminster Abbey represents those buried and commemorated overseas who could not come home.  For many families, deprived of a graveside at which to mourn, one solution was to add the name of their lost son (or daughter) to the family gravestone in their local churchyard.  

Darton War Memorial is unusual in that it is inscribed with no names of the fallen men of the area.  We have found a list of men that the church warden thought should have been on the memorial and we have searched the churchyard and cemetery for any more clues.

The Imperial War Museum's War Memorials' Archive defines a War Memorial as "any tangible object which has been erected or dedicated to commemorate those killed as a result of war, conflict or peacekeeping; who served in war or conflict; or who died whilst engaged in military service."  This includes gravestones which commemorate a casualty buried elsewhere.  There must be a clear statement on the memorial (or in a printed document such as a newspaper report from the time) that defines the commemorative purpose of the feature and reports its erection. The full wording of their definition can be found here.

Thus gravestones which include wording such as: died of wounds received in action, killed in action, fell in France, died on active service, reported missing in action, or even killed accidentally while on active service all count as War Memorials.  The wording is a "clear statement" that the purpose of recording that person's name on the gravestone is as a memorial.

Gravestones which are situated on the site of the burial of a casualty, such as Commonwealth War Graves (CWGC), are NOT War Memorials, however the Barnsley War Memorials Project collected their details for inclusion in the Barnsley Roll of Honour. Most CWGC stones are made of Portland Stone and are the same shape and size - it had been decided to have uniform gravestones with no difference between rank, race, class or religion. However in cemeteries in the UK some families had their men buried in a plot that already had a family gravestone and then added an inscription - in which case it was NOT replaced by a standard CWGC one at the time.

In the lists below, where the name is blue click to follow the link to a page with a larger photograph and more information. We recently added links to the Find A Grave website (with thanks to Pete Schofield) where more photos of the graves and transcriptions of the inscriptions can be found.

Darton Churchyard and Cemetery contains 24 CWGC burials:

Plot Find A Grave link	Name / Regiment / Date of Death	Thumbnail Photo
A.H.27 Find A Grave	Ernest Robert Dore York and Lancaster Regt 9 August 1917
D.10 Find A Grave	George Victor Field Notts and Derbys Regt 17 November 1916
A.I.29 Find A Grave	Samuel Harrison Royal Garrison Artillery 14 Mar 1918
* Find A Grave	John William Jackson * *	*
* Find A Grave	Joseph William Lister * *	*
* Find A Grave	Thomas Overend * *	*
* Find A Grave	G Popplewell * *	*
* Find A Grave	A Shaw * *	*
* Find A Grave	M Simpson * *	*
* Find A Grave	Charles Wilfred Truelove * *	*
* Find A Grave	Alfred Braithwaite * *	*
* Find A Grave	James Henry Clayton * *	*
* Find A Grave	J Cocking * *	*
* Find A Grave	Harold Bellin * *	*
* Find A Grave	Ernest England * *	*
* Find A Grave	Brian Fletcher * *	*
* Find A Grave	James Fretwell * *	*
* Find A Grave	James Reginald Jackson * *	*
* Find A Grave	Albert Jones * *	*
* Find A Grave	George Margison * *	*
* Find A Grave	Joseph Margison * *	*
* Find A Grave	Edric Clifford Townend * *	*
* Find A Grave	Irvin Hodgson Wild * *	*

Darton Churchyard and Cemetery contains 24 First World War and 3 Second World War memorial gravestones - the men named below are NOT buried in these plots. Follow the Find A Grave links to discover more information. In some cases there is a link on the man's name (it will be blue) that leads to further information either on a separate page on this site or on an external one.

Gravestone Location Section Row No.	Soldier's Name & Regiment Date of Death	Thumbnail Photograph
B.K.33 Find A Grave	Alec R Braithwaite Royal Garrison Artillery 6 June 1918
B.F.9 Find A Grave	Norman Shaw KOYLI 2 April 1917
A.H.17 Find A Grave	George Urquhart MM York and Lancaster Rgt 11 August 1916
B.K.22 Find A Grave	Henry Vivian Braithwaite Durham Light Infantry 25 June 1942
B.F.12 Find A Grave	James General Dyson York and Lancaster Rgt 25 April 1918
B.10 Find A Grave	George Ibberson York and Lancaster 11 October 1917
F.28 Find A Grave	Ernest Ives York and Lancaster 1 July 1916
D.E.24 Find A Grave	Cyril Maples Royal Navy 11 August 1942
F.17 Find A Grave	John Taylor Mellor Royal Garrison Artillery 15 March 1918
F.27 Find A Grave	Horace Pickering Machine Gun Corps  24 March 1918
F.26 Find A Grave	Samuel Lake Proctor York and Lancaster Rgt 11 July 1916
B.B.11 Find A Grave	Wilfred Sanderson 10th Hussars 11 April 1917
F.16 Find A Grave	Royce Thompson Royal Field Artillery 22 December 1917
C.16.17 Find A Grave	Austin Turton York and Lancaster Rgt  1 July 1916
D.12 Find A Grave	Benjamin Gerald Wagstaff Army Service Corps  20 December 1916
F.16 Find A Grave	Charles Milton Ledger York and Lancaster 9 April 1916
F.? Find A Grave	John Arthur Williams York and Lancaster Rgt 27 Nov 1917
A.F.2 Find A Grave	Cyril Burton Dixon York and Lancaster Regt 14 November 1918	*
B.D.2 Find A Grave	Gordon Gray York and Lancaster Regt 27 May 1918	*
A.H.3 Find A Grave	Claude Leatham Royal Army Medical Corps 9 April 1917	*
A.O.18 Find A Grave	Bernard Outram Royal Armoured Corps 5 November 1944	*
C.22.10 Find A Grave	Herbert Milner York and Lancaster Regt 24 September 1918	*
* Find A Grave	Joseph Leonard Challenger West Riding Regt 1 July 1916	*
A.M.21 Find A Grave	William Heeley Royal Scots Fusiliers 29 September 1915	*
A.K.3 Find A Grave	Richard Allott Royal Field Artillery 8 October 1918	*
A.H.27 Find A Grave	Ernest Robert Dore York and Lancaster Regt 9 August 1917	*
A.G.20 Find A Grave	Ernest Mark Simpson West Yorkshire Regt 6 January 1918	*
* Find A Grave	*	*

 

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Darton Cemetery, Alec R Braithwaite RGA

Alec Braithwaite's Memorial Cross on his family graveplot

Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by ML taken March 2014

Grave Location and Inscription:

In Loving Memory of 
Gnr Alec R Braitwaite RGA
Dearly loved eldest son of George & Annie Braithwaite
Who died from wounds in France 1918, aged 22 years
He gave his bright young life that those he loved might live. (some letters missing)


Alec Roy Braithwaite is buried in St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France.  He is also remembered on the list of fallen men in the History of All Saints Church, Darton.

Darton Cemetery, Norman Shaw KOYLI

Shaw Family Gravestone in Darton Cemetery

Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by ML taken March 2014

Grave Location and Inscription: 

In Loving Memory of Winifred,
The beloved daughter of Joseph & Rachel Shaw,
Who died Sept 24th 1909, aged 25 years
Also Pte. Norman Shaw, KOYLI
Beloved son of the above who Fell in France
April 2nd 1917, aged 22 years



Norman Shaw is buried in France in the Merville Communal Cemetery.

War Memorial Gravestones in Monk Bretton Cemetery

During both the First and Second World Wars re-repatriation of the bodies of fallen servicemen and women was not usual.  The Unknown Soldier, entombed in Westminster Abbey represents those buried and commemorated overseas who could not come home.  For many families, deprived of a graveside at which to mourn, one solution was to add the name of their lost son (or daughter) to the family gravestone in their local churchyard.  

The Imperial War Museum's War Memorials' Archive defines a War Memorial as "any tangible object which has been erected or dedicated to commemorate those killed as a result of war, conflict or peacekeeping; who served in war or conflict; or who died whilst engaged in military service."  This includes gravestones which commemorate a casualty buried elsewhere.  There must be a clear statement on the memorial (or in a printed document such as a newspaper report from the time) that defines the commemorative purpose of the feature and reports its erection. The full wording of their definition can be found here.

Thus gravestones which include wording such as: died of wounds received in action, killed in action, fell in France, died on active service, reported missing in action, or even killed accidentally while on active service all count as War Memorials.  The wording is a "clear statement" that the purpose of recording that person's name on the gravestone is as a memorial.

Graves which are situated on the site of the burial of a casualty, such as Commonwealth War Graves, are not War Memorials, however the Barnsley War Memorials Project is also collecting their details for inclusion in the Barnsley Roll of Honour.

There are 20 CWGC graves in Monk Bretton Cemetery.

Barnsley Family History Society started transcribing the memorial inscriptions in Monk Bretton cemetery a few years ago however they have not published them all yet.  A computer disk of inscriptions and memorials in the churchyard and church is available to buy. They should be able to provide information on the memorials in the cemetery by request to their Searches Officer.  We are grateful to the Barnsley Family History Society for providing a list of the memorial gravestones and their inscriptions for this cemetery.

In the list below, where the name is blue click to follow the link to a page with a larger photograph and more information.

Gravestone Location Section Row No.	Soldier's Name & Regiment Date of Death	Photograph
H 98	John Thomas Johnson 8th KOYLI 6 June 1917
A 222	Alice Hilda Lancaster T.F.N.S 3 June 1918
A036	John W Heath A.S.C. 8 January 1916
A159	Joseph Carr King's Own Yorkshire LI 16 September 1916
A188	Bernard White West Yorkshire Regiment 21 November 1917
A201	Samuel Gammons 8th East Yorkshire Regt 10 December 1916
B007	Charles Pickles Royal Field Artillery 14 March 1917
C088	Rowland Jones West Riding Regt 14 October 1918
E004	Thomas William Victory York & Lancaster Regt 1 July 1916
G014	Herbert Musgreave Liverpool Regt   28 October 1916 Thomas Musgreave Canadian Expeditionary Force 12 April 1917
G069	Robert Craven Royal Garrison Artillery 22 January 1917
G088	Thomas Hilton Horbury Royal Garrison Artillery 12 May 1917
I015	Henry Silcox (or Silcock) Kings Own Yorkshire LI 11 October 1916
*	*	*
A063	Albert McGowan    Royal Navy H.M.S. Cossack 23 October 1941
C067	Thomas Myers 14 June 1942	*
E029	Fred Trimby    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 6/7 September 1943
E105	Alfred Goodman    Royal Scots Fusiliers 12 September 1944
O007	Amos Howe     51 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1 March 1943
O010	Edward Bessant    West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)   10 June 1942
P057	John Harrison   6th HAA Royal Artillery 11 May 1945
Q011	Harry Williamson   1st Irish Guards 30 January 1944

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