Monday 18 December 2017

Bolton on Dearne, St Andrew the Apostle, WW1 Memorial Plaque

Brass dedication plaque listing 59 names

Information:
Photographed and transcribed by the members of the Barnsley War Memorials Project.

Many thanks to the vicar and congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle for their help and allowing us access to the church.

Stocksbridge, Penistone and Hoyland Express 
27 April 1929 p.8
(from Find My Past)
Description:
A rectangular brass plaque measuring  61cm by 30cm. manufactured by F. Osborne Ltd. of London. 59 names are remembered in total. This includes 57 men and 2 women, who all died while serving their country during WW1.

Inscription:
To The Glory Of God and in the Memory Of The Men from this / Parish Who Gave Their Lives In The Great War This Shrine Was / Erected by Their Relatives, Friends And Members of this Congregation

Names:

E J Blenkinsop,
J D Blenkinsop,
G Blenkinsop,
F Bailey,
J W Bailey,
F R Beaumont,
J Bell,
G Cooke,
T Conville,
F Cave,
H Cave,
S Dickinson,
J Dickinson,
F G Dawson,
J W Earnshaw,
R Farrar,
J W Fox,
F Grey,
V Garbutt,
T Harris,
H Harris,
E F Harrison,
J Hopwood,
H Jacklin,
G Jenkinson,
H Jackson,
T Kay,
M A Law,
R Lyon,
E Lunness,
G Lunness,
H Markham,
J Monaghan,
C W Marshall,
F Owen,
W Pocklington,
J W Parkin,
J W Quigley,
A Swallow,
J T Swallow,
R Swallow,
A N Smith,
H Smith,
A V Smith,
G Simpson,
S Shaw,
G F Senior,
H Trickett,
W Trickett,
W Unthank,
T Westerman,
A Watson,
C Walton,
E White,
T H Wild,
P Wilkinson,
Clara Garbutt,
Ella Howitt.

BWMP #BLT02

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My great grandfather was called Frederick George hunt he was in York and Lancaster 13th reg Barnsley pals he was born in Dublin in 1888 Private Frederick George Hunt DEATH 1 Apr 1917BURIAL Varennes Military Cemetery Varennes, Departement de la Somme,Picardie, FrancePLOT I. J. 61.MEMORIAL ID 15989383

MEMORIALPHOTOS 1FLOWERS 2Sponsor this Memorial

Service No: 27489
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: York and Lancaster Regiment, 13th Bn.many thanks wayne Davison waynelotd@hotmail.co.uk

Son of Frederick and Mary Emma Hunt, of Falmouth, Cornwall; husband of Minnie Alice Hunt, of 77, Fulton Rd., Walkley, Sheffield.