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.
Grimethorpe Cemetery has twelve Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials in addition to the five war memorial gravestones shown below. A soldier killed in Northern Ireland in 1971 is also buried in the cemetery, Clifford Loring. There is also the burial of a soldier who died in 2004, Charles David Sellar.
John Allott WW1
C Bubb WW1
James Henry Buckingham WW2
Fred Chopping WW2
William Connor WW1
W Hall WW1
William Henry Hinks WW2
Lavinia Judge WW2
George Kenchington WW2
Albert Prosser WW1
Charles Henry Snowden WW2
Thomas Henry Westhead WW2
Further information and usually a larger photograph have been provided where the name is coloured blue, click to follow the link.
Gravestone Location
Section Row No. |
Soldier's Name & Regiment
Date of Death | Photograph |
O 976
| Clifford K Loring Coldstream Guards 11 April 1945 | |
C 501
| Albert Waltham K O Y L I 1 July 1916 | |
K 72
| Tom Johnson Durham Light Infantry 15 September 1916 | |
F 365
| Percy Lumb Prince of Wales Own 29 August 1918 | |
D 243
| Albert B Chilton Royal Corps of Signals 18 May 1943 |
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