Brierley Royal British Legion WW2 Roll of Honour

Metal plaque relocated to Brierley Methodist Church (photo taken 26 Feb 2016)

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Photographed by Nigel Croft

Inscription:
Royal British Legion - Brierley Branch / This plaque was erected on the 8th May 1995 / to mark the 50th Anniversary of V.E. Day / and to record the service of local people / in the 1939-1945 War.
(names)
'May God Bless Them All' 

A report in the Barnsley Chronicle on 26 February 2016 noted that the plaque had originally been located in Brierley Hall but as that building was being redeveloped the plaque had been moved to the local Methodist Church. It was unveiled in its new position on Thursday 18 February 2016.

Names:
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D Grimes L Hall Mary Hall R Sheriden R W Baxendale J E Parry A Moss R V Vodden F Callinan Joyce Callinan H Lycett Dorothy Lycett A Millward A Greenwood Bert Millward R Newton R Dyson G W Thorpe L Wilce R Roberts E Hamer Ernest Hamer C Miller S Lawton G Woodward H Crofton R Roberts L Kenyon

W Ince Mrs F Pickering J N Baker A Miller L Steele R Wilson E Swift A Baxendale L Harding A Mansfield G Massey Kathleen Jackson V Thorpe H Mathers R Turner F Turner S Smith A Blackshaw N Wilkinson R E Butterwood E Watson G Watson H R Lomas A Nixon W L Burdin F Potts F Thorpe J Kenyon

L Ince J Scott Ida Scott T Hartley M Gath T Marsh W C Grindrod Ivy Grindrod G Winham Mrs M Woolridge E Howell J Cookman T Callinan B Exley E Holden Mrs E M Rowley W H Williams W Sykes Mrs C J Sykes D Halliday L Halliday C Little E Woodward H Booker J Pickering P Knight E Pashley W Kenyon

E Mathers J Windle H Hardwick H Dawson A Lister R Hawkins Sylvia Hawkins N Crossland M Wardle H Bird D Collins R Wilson H Firth G Oates W Garner W Hawley W Oliver Mrs G Oliver F Graham Mary Graham P Bailey T Burns V Exley F B Crossland A Swinbank C E Jewitt T Webb

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