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
*	Albert Moody  East Yorkshire Regt  23 March 1918 Robert Moody  King's Own Yorkshire LI 4 November 1918	*
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