Darton Churchyard and Cemetery CWGC Burials

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) recognises the burials of men and women who fell in the First and Second World Wars.  Where a men or women has no known grave they are remembered on CWGC memorials around the world, usually close to the place that they fell.

The most common CWGC gravestone is made of Portland Stone. This is bright white when new and very conspicuous in a churchyard or cemetery even when a little darkened by age.  The size and style of the stones was designed to be the similar for everyone, no matter what rank, regiment, class, religion or nationality.  See this section on the CWGC website for background information.

Each stone has a rounded top, some have the crest or badge of a regiment and/or a religious symbol. There is an inscription giving rank, name, regiment and date of death, sometimes age is included.  At the foot of the stone is a space for a family dedication.

When the burial of a serviceman or women is within a family plot, their details are often recorded on a family gravestone.  This can be quite confusing as other family gravestones in the same churchyard bearing similar inscriptions are memorials to men or women NOT buried there. It is only when a burial has taken place that the site is recorded by the CWGC.

There are 24 CWGC burials in Darton Churchyard and Cemetery. Thirteen are First World War, eleven are Second World War.

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There is one First World War civilian burial in Darton:
Mary Ann Johnson, Munitions Worker, died of TNT poisoning, 30 April 1917.

Note: If the photos below are overlapping the table and covering text try turning your phone or tablet landscape. Links on the names are to the CWGC website. The FindAGrave links will take you to a webpage which usually contains a transcription and a photo.

Plot Find A Grave link	Name / Regiment / Date of Death	Thumbnail Photo
South. 8. 27. (aka) A. H. 27. Find A Grave	Ernest Robert Dore York and Lancaster Regt 7 or 9 August 1917
Old Ground, North-West part D. 10. Find A Grave	George Victor Field Notts and Derbys Regt 17 November 1916
South. 9. 29 (aka) A. I. 29 Find A Grave	Samuel Harrison Royal Garrison Artillery 14 March 1918
South-East. 5. 13. (aka) B. M. 5. Find A Grave	John William Jackson York and Lancaster Regt 9 June 1917
South. 10. 27. (aka) A. J. 16. Find A Grave	Joseph William Lister King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17 December 1918
South. 5. 6. (aka) A. E. 6. Find A Grave	Thomas Overend Coldstream Guards 28 April 1919
South-East. 2. 7. (aka) Old Section F. 37. 21 Find A Grave	George Popplewell Royal Field Artillery 7 April 1920
South. 6. 17. (aka) A. F. 17. Find A Grave	Albert Shaw Army Cyclist Corps 15 May 1916
South. 7. 20. (aka) A. G. 20. Find A Grave	Mark Simpson West Yorkshire Regt (Prince of Wales's Own) 6 January 1918
South. 8. 9. (aka) A. H. 19. Find A Grave	Charles Wilfred Truelove Northamptonshire Regt 14 November 1918
South. 6. 17. (aka) A. F. 27. Find A Grave	Alfred Braithwaite York and Lancaster Regt 8 July 1916
South. 4. 5. (aka) A. D. 5. Find A Grave	James Henry Clayton Royal Horse Artillery 7 March 1919
South. 5. 5. (aka) A. E. 5. Find A Grave	John Cocking Yorkshire Regt 21 February 1920
Old Churchyard 9. (aka) Old Section F. 34. Find A Grave	Harold Bellin Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 8 December 1942
A. B. 1. Find A Grave	Ernest England Royal Artillery 7 October 1944
C. E. 10. Find A Grave	Brian Fletcher Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 4 December 1946
C. B. 21. Find A Grave	James Fretwell Pioneer Corps 22 March 1942	*
C. C. 29. Find A Grave	James Reginald Jackson Royal Artillery 6 March 1944	*
C. A. 19. Find A Grave	Albert Jones Royal Army Service Corps 13 December 1940	*
C. A. 20. Find A Grave	George Margison Pioneer Corps 13 February 1941	*
C. A. 20. Find A Grave	Joseph Margison Royal Artillery 21 December 1941	*
C. A. 21. Find A Grave	Edric Clifford Townend (Sgt in KOYLI in FWW) Home Guard 4 August 1942 (50 yrs old)	*
C. T. 10. Find A Grave	Irvin Hodgson Wild Army Catering Corps 7 February 1946	*
C. F. 22. Find A Grave	Kenneth Howard Duke of Wellington's Regt / Royal Artillery 1 May 1944	*

Monk Bretton Cemetery CWGC burials

 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) recognises the burials of men and women who fell in the First and Second World Wars.  Where men or women have no known grave they are remembered on CWGC memorials around the world, usually close to the place that they fell. The most common CWGC gravestone is made of Portland Stone. This is bright white when new and very conspicuous in a churchyard or cemetery even when a little darkened by age.  The size and style of the stones was designed to be the similar for everyone, no matter what rank, regiment, class, religion or nationality.  See this section on the CWGC website for background information.

Each stone has a rounded top, some have the crest or badge of a regiment and/or a religious symbol. There is an inscription giving rank, name, regiment and date of death, sometimes age is included.  At the foot of the stone is a space for a family dedication.

When the burial of a serviceman or women is within a family plot, their details are often recorded on a family gravestone.  This can be quite confusing as other family gravestones in the same churchyard bearing similar inscriptions are memorials to men or women NOT buried there. It is only when a burial has taken place that the site is recorded by the CWGC.

There are 21 CWGC burials in Monk Bretton Cemetery. Thirteen are First World War, with one of those a family gravestone, eight are Second World War, one of those is a family gravestone. The others all have the standard CWGC stones.

These photos were taken in June 2014 by BarnsleyHistorian unless otherwise stated.

Note: If the photos below are overlapping the table and covering text try turning your phone or tablet landscape. Links on the names are to the CWGC website. The FindAGrave links will take you to a webpage which usually contains a transcription and a photo.

Gravestone Location Section Row No. FindAGrave	Soldier's Name & Regiment Date of Death	Gravestone Photograph
E 131 FindAGrave	Matthew Limbert Chilvers York and Lancaster Regt 11 September 1915
C 119 FindAGrave	Henry MacDonald York and Lancaster Rgt 4 November 1916
D 26 FindAGrave	James Critchley York and Lancaster Rgt 5 September 1917
B 25 FindAGrave	Albert Scorah York and Lancaster Rgt 5 September 1917
A 163 FindAGrave	Albert Edward Oldroyd Army Service Corps 28 May 1918 (photo by Steve Farnell)
C 68 FindAGrave	Abraham Shaw Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 25 July 1918
G 88 FindAGrave	Frank Horbury Durham Light Infantry 16 November 1918 (this stone is also a war memorial gravestone for Thomas H Horbury)
E 65 FindAGrave	Tom Caves Royal Artillery 11 February 1919
E 88 FindAGrave	Arthur Wood Royal Navy 12 February 1919
D 78 FindAGrave	James Trueman York and Lancaster Regt 19 May 1919
A 211 FindAGrave	James William Stacey York and Lancaster Regt 19 May 1919
I 68 FindAGrave	Ernest Watson York and Lancaster Regt 21 February 1920
D 176 FindAGrave	William Rodgers King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 11 June 1920
A 114 FindAGrave	Sydney Wood York and Lancaster Rgt 12 November 1939
F 122 FindAGrave	Hugh Alan Roberts Royal Air Force 25 February 1941
G 139 FindAGrave	Thomas Howley Royal Artillery 24 April 1941
G 11 FindAGrave	Luther Crawshaw Royal Air Force 18 May 1941
G 120 FindAGrave	Edward Wetton West Yorkshire Regt (Prince of Wales's Own) 18 December 1942
F 120 FindAGrave	Charles Woodward Royal Artillery 30 March 1943
I 213 FindAGrave	John Douglas Cook Royal Engineers 16 -20 May 1943
E 161 FindAGrave	John Vernon Eyre Pioneer Corps 25 February 1945

 

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Ardsley Churchyard and Cemetery CWGC Burials

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) recognises the burials of men and women who fell in the First and Second World Wars.  Where a men or women has no known grave they are remembered on CWGC memorials around the world, usually close to the place that they fell.

The most common CWGC gravestone is made of Portland Stone. This is bright white when new and very conspicuous in a churchyard or cemetery even when a little darkened by age.  The size and style of the stones was designed to be the similar for everyone, no matter what rank, regiment, class, religion or nationality.  See this section on the CWGC website for background information.

Each stone has a rounded top, some have the crest or badge of a regiment and/or a religious symbol. There is an inscription giving rank, name, regiment and date of death, sometimes age is included.  At the foot of the stone is a space for a family dedication.

When the burial of a serviceman or women is within a family plot, their details are often recorded on a family gravestone.  This can be quite confusing as other family gravestones in the same churchyard bearing similar inscriptions are memorials to men or women NOT buried there.  It is only when the burial of the serviceman or woman has occurred in that place that it is recorded by the CWGC.

There are two First World War CWGC burials in Ardsley Churchyard, both have family gravestones. There are fifteen CWGC burials in Ardsley Cemetery, nine are First World War including one with a family gravestone, and six are Second World War.

Note: If the photos below are overlapping the table and covering text try turning your phone or tablet landscape.  Links on the names are to the CWGC website. The FindAGrave links will take you to a webpage which usually contains a transcription and a photo.

Gravestone Location Section Row No. FindAGrave	Soldier's Name & Regiment Date of Death	Gravestone Photograph
Churchyard West of Church FindAGrave	Alfred Dalton Bond York and Lancaster Rgt 22 May 1916
Churchyard North-West of Church FindAGrave	Harry Gelder York and Lancaster Rgt 22 March 1917
Cemetery G 321 FindAGrave	Fred Scorah Bent   Labour Corps 11 November 1918
Cemetery O 40 FindAGrave	Sam Buckley York and Lancaster Rgt 20 November 1915
Cemetery F 298 FindAGrave	Edgar Robinson Cooper York and Lancaster Rgt 22 November 1918
Cemetery T 786 FindAGrave	George William Ellis Royal Field Artillery 4 May 1918
Cemetery K 92 FindAGrave	Patrick Foy York and Lancaster Rgt 1 September 1916
Cemetery K 1140 FindAGrave	John Richard Heptinstall Royal Engineers 25 June 1916
Cemetery T 789 FindAGrave	Tom Hudson Border Regiment 15 April 1918
Cemetery E 246 FindAGrave	Joseph Pearce York and Lancaster Rgt 3 May 1919
Cemetery S 690 FindAGrave	Fred Proctor West Yorkshire Rgt (Prince of Wale's Own) 1 December 1918 (see CWGC site for full inscription on stone which is obscured by pot)
Cemetery G 413 FindAGrave	Frederick Dyson Royal Navy, H.M.S. Victory 27 September 1946
Cemetery U 863A FindAGrave	Leslie Fletcher Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 16 December 1943
Cemetery G 21 FindAGrave	Charles Ernest Lyon Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 30 December 1940
Cemetery U 868A FindAGrave	Jack Turner Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 31 July 1942
Cemetery U 870A FindAGrave	Roy Winder Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) 2 December 1940
Cemetery D 162 FindAGrave	Frederick Arthur Wright Pioneer Corps 7 January 1941

 

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