Stairfoot, Wesleyan Reform Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Hunningley Lane

WW1 Roll of Honour in Hunningley Wesleyan Reform Church (photo taken 9 April 2014)

Links:

War Memorials Register listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photographed by Nigel Croft 

*Note added 28 June 2022*
This large five panelled memorial was unveiled on 9 March 1918, eight months before the war ended. The newspaper report in the Barnsley Independent noted that ''the Roll was so arranged that additional particulars could be easily added at any time.' However we have found at least one instance where this was not done when a man was later killed, so please read the inscription carefully and check the information.
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The inscription across the top of the five panels reads, "Men connected with this church who served their Country in the War 1914-1918".  The panels are headed, (1) Be Strong in the Lord, (2) Watch and be Sober, (3) Quit you Like Men, (4) Stand Fast in the Faith, (5) Fight the Good Fight.

There are approximately 50 names on each panel, arranged in alphabetical order except for the last seven names.  Each entry includes the soldier's name, rank and regiment (or ship or service) and medals if any.  Fallen men are indicated by the method of their death, eg Killed in Action and have been fully transcribed below.  A .pdf file with details for all the men can be downloaded here (thanks to Pete Schofield).

*Note 26 Feb 2024*
Sam Barker was recorded as Died of Wounds January 13th 1917. His military records record his date of death as 13 June 1917.
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Barnsley Chronicle 7 July 1917 (thanks to Barnsley Archives)

 

 

Newspaper research by BarnsleyHistorian

In 1917 a stained glass window was unveiled in memory of the soldiers and sailors from the church as part of a matching set of eight windows in memory of the local people including Mr Clough, the recently deceased minister of the church.



A Roll of Honour was unveiled at the same ceremony, but that would probably not have been the one shown in the photograph above as it was still only part way through the war.



Reference is made in this newspaper article to a plan for a "carved oak memorial of a more imposing character bearing the names of fallen brave men who had gone from that Church and Sunday School."  




About £95 had been received, and that was estimated to fully cover the cost of the memorials.  The money had been given from all classes of people in the township and outside.  The first 10s received was from the head of a home which was at one time the most destitute in the township, but where the head of the house was rescued from evil influences by the late Mr Clough.





 
Names of the Fallen:
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.

Rank	Name	Regiment  or Service	Type of Casualty Date
Private	George Arthur Atkinson	8th KOYLI	Killed in Action 1 July 1916
Private	William Henry Atkinson	1st KOYLI	Killed in Action 8 May 1915
Private	Harry Ball	11th York & Lancs	Died of Wounds 31 July 1916
Private	Sam Barker	13th York & Lancs	Died of Wounds 13 January 1917
Private	Willie Beighton	13th SB York & Lancs	Killed in Action 7 May 1917
Sergeant	Thomas Francis Bellamy	5th York & Lancs	Killed in Action 15 October 1915
Sergeant	George William Binns	63rd Trench Mortar Battalion	Died of Wounds 30 Sept 1917
Private	William Binns	2nd Duke of Wellington West Riding Rgt	Killed in Action 8 Sept 1915
Private	Frank Bird	KOYLI	Killed in Action 6 April 1917
Lance  Corporal	Sidney Bird	Cheshire Regt	Killed in Action 22 October 1917
Private	Charles B Brown	Royal Marine Light Infantry	Killed in Action 6 June 1915
Lance Corporal	George Conway	14th York & Lancs	Killed in Action 9 May 1917
Private	Joseph Cox	2nd/3rd York & Lancs	Killed in Action 3 May 1917
Private	John Lewis Dickenson	1st Lincolshire	Killed in Action 13 October 1915
Private	John Docker	2nd/3rd York & Lancs	Killed in Action 10 July 1915
Private	John Grainger	8th York & Lancs	Killed in Action 11 October 1917
Petty Officer	John Willis Haycroft	H.M.S. Queen Mary	Killed in Action 30 May 1916
Private	James Holdsworth	13th York & Lancs	Died of Wounds 28 July 1916
Private	Thomas Holdsworth	13th York & Lancs	Killed in Action 8 May 1917
Sapper	Edward Howard	174th Royal Engineers	Killed in Action 24 February 1916
Private	Walter Hughes	14th York & Lancs	Killed in Action 1 July 1916
Private	William Millard	Royal Engineers	Killed in Action 26 August 1917
Private	Albert Popplewell	14th York & Lancs	Killed in Action 3 June 1916
Private	Thomas W Powell	15th York & Lancs	Killed in Action (1st July 1916)
Driver	Robert William Ramshaw	146th Royal Field Artillery	Killed in Action 9 June 1915
Private	Edmund Sykes	13th York & Lancs	Died of Wounds 1 July 1916
Private	George Henry Walker	8th York & Lancs	Gassed & Died 7 August 1916
Private	Arthur Walton	2nd York & Lancs	Killed by Aerial Torpedo 9th Sept 1917
Able Seaman	Ernest Watson	Royal Naval Division	Killed in Action 4 June 1915
Private	Sam Wilkinson	8th East Yorks Machine Gun Section	Killed in Action 13 November 1916
Sergeant	Albert Winwood	Royal Field Artillery	Died of Wounds 1 July 1916

Those Who Returned:
*Note added 28 June 2022*
Private Edwin Wilkinson was named without further details so when we transcribed this list in 2014 we assumed he had survived, but he was actually killed in action on 11 October 1918, after the memorial was unveiled. His name can be seen below. This suggests that the memorial is not be as accurate as we had originally thought.
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*Noted added 30 Jun 2023*

Private Thomas Hudson, Border Regiment, named out of order toward the end of the memorial without further details, is Tom Hudson, who died of wounds 15 April 1918 and was buried in a CWGC grave in Ardsley Cemetery. He lived with his aunt and uncle in Ardsley in 1911. Again, this man's death occurred after the RoH was unveiled in March 1918.

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2nd Lieutenant    Frank Ambler   Private    Henry Addy   Farrier    Robert Archibald Ambrose   Private    Archie Ashmore   Private    Charles B. Atkinson   Private    Peter Atkinson   Corporal    Albert Bailey   Seaman    Ernest Bailey   Sergeant    Harold Bailey   Driver    Frank Barker   Corporal    John Barker   Sergeant    Tom Barker   Private    William Barker   Private    Frank Barraclough       Wilfred Barraclough   Private    William G. Baxter   Private    Lawrence Baylis   Lance Corporal    Raymond Baylis   Gunner    William S. Baylis   Private    Kenneth Beale   Private    George Sydney Beavon   Private    Albert Beecroft   Private    James Beighton   Private    Joseph Beighton   Private    John William Bennett   Private    James Benson   Private    John Thomas Bent   Lance Corporal    Joseph Bentley   Private    Robert Bentley   Lance Corporal    Harry Binns   Private    James Ernest Binns   Private    John S. Binns   Able Seaman    Enos Joseph Bird   Private    Joseph Blades   Private    William Booker   Private    Benjamin Briscoe   Private    Frederick Briscoe   Private    Walter Bird   Private    Charles Willie Bird   Private    Thomas Henry Brook   Private    Arthur Brook   Private    Josiah Brooks   Private    James Brooks   Private    Joseph Brooks   Lance Corporal    Leonard Burden   Private    Arthur Herbert Burgin   Lance Corporal    George William Burgin    MM Private    Albert Butcher   Private    Amos Chapman   Private    Timothy Clarey   Gunner    Albert Clarey   Bombardier    Arthur Clarke   Private    Harry Clarke   Private    Charles Spurr Copley   Private    William Cox   Private    Matthew Crawley   Private    Wallace Crawley   Private    Arthur Dickenson   Private    William Henry Dickenson   Private    Arthur Ellis   Private    Albert Field   Lance Corporal    Edward Vincent Fisher   Private    Cyril Fort   Private    Morris Foster   Corporal    Stanley Foster   Private    Thomas Henry Foster   Driver    Harry Foulstone   2nd Lieutenant    Joseph Foweather    MM Private    Nelson Foweather   Private    Sydney Foweather   1st Class Stoker    Ernest Glossop   Sergeant    John Charles Goodliffe   Private    George Goodwin   Private    Herbert Goodwin   Private    Thomas Henry Goodwin   Private    William Goulding   Private    George Grainger   Private    Joseph Grainger   Private    William H. Grainger   Private    Tom Gregory   Sergeant    James Griffiths   Private    Simeon Griffiths   Private    William Griffiths   Private    John Hambleton   Private    Edgar Hanson   Private    Ernest Hanson   Private    Fred Haycroft   Private    Elias Frederick Hayes   Private    Willie Haynes   Gunner    Richard Haywood   Private    Frank Heppenstall   Private    George Heppenstall   Trumpeter    George Herbert   2nd Air Mechanic    Joseph Alfred Hill       Reggie Hinchliffe   Private    Walter Hindley   Private    Frank Hirst   Sapper    Harry Hirst   Private    Albert Hodgson   1st Air Mechanic    Samuel Hodgson   Private    Joseph Holdsworth   Able Seaman    William Holdsworth   Private    Clement Steven Howard   Lieutenant & Quartermaster    William Huddleston    MC & Silver Medal from The King of Montenegro Sapper    Albert Hughes    Private    Ernest Hughes    Private    Horace Hughes  Gunner    Fred Hodson

Private    Arthur Jacques    Private    Alfred Henry Kay    Private    Herbert Kay    Sergeant    Stuart Kilby Kay    Private    Frank Kenyon    Sergeant    Albert Lamb    Private    James Lamb    Private    Joseph Lamb    Private    George Langley    Private    John Langley    Private    Robert Langley    Private    Willie Langley    Gunner    Richard Laurence    MM Telegraphist    William Lawson    Private    George Laycock    Private    Reginald Leach    Sergeant    Horace Arnold Long    Sapper    James Henry Lythell    Sergeant    James Walter McKenny    Private    Albert Mitchell    Private    Garry Mitchell    Gunner    Stanley Mosley    Lance Corporal    George Moxon    Private    Sidney Newsome    Private    Charles William Nuttall    Private    Harry Oldham    Private    Joseph Parkin    Private    Clarence Pleasant    Private    George Popplewell    Gunner    James Hugh Ramshaw    Private    Thomas Morris Richards    Private    Ernest Arthur Richardson    Private    Robert Percy Richardson    Private    Leonard Ridge    Pioneer    John Thomas Robins    Private    Herbert Rymer    Private    Alfred Scarfe    Corporal    George Scarfe    Private    Harry Scarfe    Private    Walter Scarfe    Driver    Harold Sawyer    Gunner    William Sawyer    Seaman    Edward Ronald Scott    Private    Arthur Sharland    2nd Lieutenant    Henry Wigglesworth Sheard    2nd Lieutenant    Melvin Sheriff    DCM Private    Rowland Sheriff    Lance Corporal    Joseph Henry Sherratt    1st Air Mechanic    Lawson Shillito    Private    Sidney Wesley Smith    Private    Arthur Simms    Fitter    Allan Hampshire Skelton    Gunner    Samuel Skelton    Bombardier    Burnett Slater    MM 1st Class Stoker    George William Speight    Sergeant Major    George Satinsby    Private    Walter Starkey    Bandsman    Albert Stubbs    Lance Corporal    Edward Thomas Summers    Driver    Sidney James Summers    Corporal    Joe Willie Sykes    Sapper    Lewis Sykes    Private    Fred Tasker    Private    Thomas Tasker    Lance Corporal    Arnold Teal    Lance Corporal    Clifford Thornsby    2nd Lieutenant    Harold Stansfield Thornsby    Private    Thomas Sydney Thornsby    Private    Fred Timlin    Private    George Tingey    Driver    James Tingey    Private    Allen Tolson    Corporal    Bernard Tooley    Sapper    William Tooley    Private    Isaac Toone    Private    Arthur Turton    Lance Corporal    Spence Walton    Gunner    Alfred Ward    Private    Albert Watson    Private    Ferdinand Watson    Private    George Henry Watson    Lance Corporal    Thomas Arthur Watson    Captain and Adjutant    William Watson    MC Private    Ernest Whitehead    Gunner    Joseph Whitehouse    Gunner    Wilfred Whitehouse    Private    Edwin Wilkinson*    Sapper    Edward Williams    Pioneer Corporal    John Richards Williams    Private    Arthur Winwood    Private    Joseph William Winwood    Private    William Winwood    Driver    Arthur Wollerton    Driver    Joseph Fretsom Wollerton    Private    John Charles Wood    Driver    Harry Woodhouse    Private    Arthur Ernest Wordsworth    Private    William Wray    Sapper    John Leonard Wright    Private    William Archibald Wright    Private    Tom Wright    Private    Hubert Yates    MM Private    Edward Foweather    Private    Edward Conway    Sergeant    William Conway    Sapper    Charles Walter Harper    Private    Thomas Hudson    Gunner    William Leach    Company Sergeant Major    Harry Taylor

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