Sunday 15 March 2015

War Memorial Gravestones in Hoyland Nether, St Peter's Churchyard Extension

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.

Hoyland Nether, St Peter's Churchyard Extension contains fourteen Commonwealth War Graves from the First World War.

The majority of the photographs from the Hoyland Nether St Peter's Churchyard Extension and the Hoyland Nether, Kirk Balk Cemetery are by Brian Yarham and have been shared with the Barnsley War Memorials Project with his permission.

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
E.51
Edmund J Gill

York & Lancs Regt

25 May 1915
*
Bernard M Wilkinson

North Staffs Regt

6 June 1917
*
Charles Lockwood
York & Lancs Regt
21 April 1916

Herbert Lockwood
York & Lancs Regt
3 May 1917
*
Wilfred Chapman

York & Lancs Regt

9 October 1917
*
Ernest Darwin

Royal Navy

31 May 1916
*
Leonard Foster
York & Lancs Regt
15 April 1918

Arthur Donson
Royal Army Service Corps
21 August 1921

*
Francis Matthewman

Royal Field Artillery

8 March 1901
*
Ernest Moody

Royal Engineers

6 April 1917
*
Charles William Rowbotham

Royal Naval Volunteer Res

6 June 1915
*
Walter Rushworth

York and Lancs Regt

1 July 1916
*
Willie Shaw

Royal Army Medical Corps

25 September 1917
*
Verner Wainwright

London Scottish Regt

27 July 1916

*
Albert Edward Chambers

Royal Army Medical Corps


17 March 1918
*
*
James Henry Fisher Clarke

Yorkshire Regiment

1 July 1916
*
Percival Dodds

Manchester Rgt

22 March 1918
PVT Percival Dodds
*
Albert Moody 
East Yorkshire Regt

 23 March 1918

Robert Moody 
King's Own Yorkshire LI
4 November 1918
*
*
*
*

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