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.
Darfield Churchyard contains five Commonwealth War Graves and Darfield Cemetery contains fourteen more.
Darfield Churchyard
WW1
Leonard Hardcastle
Peter Short
Horace Venables
Joseph Wigley
WW2
Frank Arthur Purple
Darfield Cemetery
WW1
Philip Bly
George Brown
William Henry Fretwell
Harry Gomersall
WW2
George Bates
John Harrison Carr
Ernest Chambers
John Dallamore
Harold Dronfield
Fred Fawcett
John Desmond Hayes
Eric Bernard Horsman
Cyril Love
Charles Schofield
Friends of Darfield Churchyard provide a map leaflet [downloadable here as a .pdf file]to locate the memorial gravestones and CWGC burials in the Darfield All Saint's churchyard - hard copies can usually be found in a box on the sign by the churchyard gate. Short biographies of the men can also be found in their newsletters available online. Note that some parts of the churchyard are left overgrown to provide a haven for wildlife and so some of the memorials may be difficult to access.
In the list below, where the name is blue click to follow the link to a page with a larger photograph and more information.
Churchyard
Gravestone Location
Section Row No. |
Soldier's Name & Regiment
Date of Death | Photograph |
A on FoDCY's map
| Percy Stuart Kitson 7th Bn Australian Infantry 3 September 1916 | |
B on FoDCY's map
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C on FoDCY's map
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D on FoDCY's map
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E on FoDCY's map
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F on FoDCY's map
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J on FoDCY's map
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K on FoDCY's Map
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L on FoDCY's map
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M on FoDCY's map
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P on FoDCY's map
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Q on FoDCY's map
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N on FoDCY's map
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167
| Arnold Herbert Camplejohn 2nd South Staffordshire Regt 27 September 1918 | |
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Cemetery on Saltersbrook Road
Gravestone Location
Section Row No. |
Soldier's Name & Regiment
Date of Death | Photograph |
B.177
| Samuel Boyce 13th York & Lancaster Regt 1 July 1916 | |
A.59
|
Albert Joseph Carr
8th York & Lancaster Regt 1 July 1916 | |
A.20
|
George Henry Davies
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 5 July 1915 | |
A 71
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Abraham Dobbins
8th York & Lancaster Regt 27 August 1917 | |
B.129
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John William Corfield Fowler
23rd Manchester Regt 4 June 1916 | |
B.70
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B.64
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Thomas Murphy
2/5th York & Lancaster Regt 27 November 1917 | |
B 255
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Herbert Holmes
13th York & Lancaster Regt 1 July 1916 | |
A.559
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Arthur Sutcliffe
Royal Air Force 4 September 1943 | |
A 780
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Graham Marsden Jones
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 14 August 1944 | |
C.273
|
Harry Wilkinson
Yorkshire Regt (Green Howards) 11 August 1944 | |
B 188 | Joseph Beardsley
1/5th Y & L 9 October 1917 | |
C 122
| George Askin 2nd KOYLI 11 August 1918 | |
B 298
| Frank Roper Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars 19 April 1917 | |
G 65
| Albert Frudd 141st Royal Armoured Corps 15 September 1944 |
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