Sunday 31 August 2014

Barnsley, Buckley Street Chapel, WW2 Memorial Tablet

WW2 tablet commemorating John Harrison (photo taken 31 August 2014)

Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Second World War - Barnsley War Memorials
Researched by MAC

A page for John Harrison has been added to the St Edwards Remembers website.

Transcribed and photographed by BarnsleyHistorian

(Sorry for the fuzzy picture, I had shaky hands today!)

Inscription:
The clock in this Church was / purchased as a Memorial to / John Harrison / who died a Prisoner of War / May 5th 1945 / aged 25 years.


Note:
John Harrison from Barnsley is buried in Labuan War Cemetery in Borneo, however his date of death is given as 11 May 1945 on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site.



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