Barnsley 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 man or woman 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, some are made from Botticino stone, which looks like marble. They are bright white when new and very conspicuous in a churchyard or cemetery even when a little darkened by age. In Scotland they can be granite and in Wales you can see slate gravestones. 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 (to prevent the water settling), 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 (please see our War Memorial Gravestone page for Barnsley Cemetery where there are 157 entries). It is only when a burial has taken place that the site is recorded by the CWGC. 

There are 132 CWGC burials in Barnsley Cemetery. 71 are from the First World War, 61 are from the Second World War. 

CWGC are responsible for the commemoration of personnel who died between
4 August 1914 and 31 August 1921
and
3 September 1939 and 31 December 1947
whilst serving in a Commonwealth military force or specified auxiliary organisation or after they were discharged from a Commonwealth military force, if their death was caused by their wartime service.

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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
B 347 FindAGrave	Joseph Ambler   Royal Garrison Artillery   16 October 1918  Died of Wounds	*
C 124 FindAGrave	George Arthur Armitage   Northumberland Fusiliers   5 September 1916 Died of Wounds	*
G 781 FindAGrave	Walter Atkinson (aka Peter Walter Atkinson)   South Lancashire Rgt   4 September 1918	*
ZA 58 FindAGrave	James Bannon   Royal Engineers    3 November 1919	*
A 144 FindAGrave	Thomas William Bedford   East Yorkshire Rgt   17 August 1921	*
S 40 FindAGrave	Walter Bonson   King's Own Yorkshire LI   11 July 1918	*
D 93 FindAGrave	William Brant   York and Lancaster Rgt   21 August 1916 Died of Wounds	*
G 575 FindAGrave	Frank Bridge   Labour Corps   24 October 1918	*
ZA 31 FindAGrave	George Frederick Brown (ake Pankhurst)   King's Own Yorkshire LI   20 July 1916 Died of Wounds	*
B 294 FindAGrave	Clarence Able Capeindale   King's Own Yorkshire LI   2 May 1918 Died of Wounds	*
S 197 FindAGrave	Harry Collier   York and Lancaster Rgt   5 November 1918	*
P 441 FindAGrave	Tom Herbert Crawshaw   York and Lancaster Rgt   5 September 1920	*
X 969 FindAGrave	Frank Cutts (brother of below)   York and Lancaster Rgt   18 July 1918	*
X 969 FindAGrave	John William Cutts (brother of above)   York and Lancaster Rgt   28 September 1917 Died of Wounds	*
C 210 FindAGrave	Thomas Davies   York and Lancaster Rgt   15 December 1914	*
S 675 FindAGrave	Raymond Dingle   Duke of Cornwall's LI   8 May 1918 Died of Wounds	*
B 264 FindAGrave	James Frederick Douglas   Royal Air Force   25 October 1918	*
H 38 FindAGrave	George Ekin   Army Pay Corps   4 November 1918	*
H 1213 FindAGrave	Frederick Flude   East Surrey Regiment   9 August 1917 (Died of Wounds)	*
G 71 FindAGrave	Dorothy Fox   Voluntary Aid Detachment   3 November 1918 Died of Pneumonia	*
L 197 FindAGrave	George Gilbertson  (aka George Jackson) York and Lancaster Rgt   18 July 1915	*
J 779 FindAGrave	Percy Leonard Hague   York and Lancaster Rgt   13 December 1917 Died of Wounds	*
B 531 FindAGrave	Alfred Harper   Duke of Wellington's  West Riding Rgt   21 November 1918	*
K 391 FindAGrave	Bruce Harrison   York and Lancaster Rgt   1 November 1914	*
K 156 FindAGrave	George Harrison   York and Lancaster Rgt   15 May 1917 Died of Wounds	*
T 530 FindAGrave	James Haywood   King's Own Yorkshire LI   20 June 1917 Died of Wounds	*
Y 49 FindAGrave	Edward Hesford   Royal Horse Artillery   23 July 1918	*
C 142 FindAGrave	Charles Henry Higgins Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   6 September 1915	*
X 1187 FindAGrave	Leonard Holt   York and Lancaster Rgt   24 March 1918 Died of Wounds	*
X 1174 FindAGrave	John William Woodhouse Howe (aka John William Woodhouse)   York and Lancaster Rgt   22 November 1918	*
ZA 32 FindAGrave	George Hydes   King's Own Yorkshire LI   9 May 1916 Died of Wounds	*
P 355 FindAGrave	Frederick Lawrence Illingworth   Royal Field Artillery   2 August 1915*	*
E 240 FindAGrave	Richard Ingman   Royal Engineers   24 February 1919	*
G 956 FindAGrave	Leonard Jackson   Royal Garrison Artillery   25 April 1917	*
M 168 FindAGrave	George Frederick Jaques   York and Lancaster Rgt   9 August 1915 Accidently Shot, Died of Wounds	*
T 632 FindAGrave	Arthur Johnson   York and Lancaster Rgt   5 July 1915 Died of Wounds	*
K 102 FindAGrave	David Jones   Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   13 August 1920	*
B 414 FindAGrave	Edward Jordan   York and Lancaster Rgt   17 February 1919	*
M 128 FindAGrave	William Kelsey   Royal Field Artillery   23 September 1916 Died of Wounds	*
H 106 FindAGrave	Fred Johnson King   King's Royal Rifle Corps   4 April 1916	*
T 810 FindAGrave	Francis Leonard (aka James Gallagher)   Royal Army Medical Corps   8 January 1920	*
ZA 125 FindAGrave	Austin Markey York and Lancaster Rgt 27 August 1920	*
S 591 FindAGrave	Herbert Maw Royal Army Service Corps 18 January 1919	*
R 373 FindAGrave	Alfred McLee York and LancasterRgt 23 March 1919	*
ZA 196 FindAGrave	Frank Myers Royal Flying Corps 12 March 1916	*
X 1195 FindAGrave	Frank Needham Coldstream Guards 3 January 1920	*
ZA 12 FindAGrave	Henry Padgett King's Own Yorkshire LI 29 November 1916	*
C 302 FindAGrave	Henry Pycock West Yorkshire Rgt (Prince of Wales's Own) 5 April 1918 Died of Wounds	*
B 447 FindAGrave	John Arthur Ripley York and Lancaster Rgt 20 August 1919	*
B 465 FindAGrave	Frank Roberts Durham Light Infantry 26 June 1918	*
M 73 FindAGrave	Donald Clifton Scarborough West Yorkshire Rgt (Prince of Wales's Own) 10 February 1919	*
H 1244 FindAGrave	Charles William Senior   Training Reserve   21 May 1918 Accidental Death	*
G 682 FindAGrave	John Shepherd   York and Lancaster Rgt   15 May 1915	*
B 532 FindAGrave	Charles Albert William Simons   Royal Engineers   28 November 1918	*
D 290 FindAGrave	Harold Skelley   York and Lancaster   7 February 1919	*
G 51 FindAGrave	Charles Willie Snell   Royal Field Artillery   26 April 1919 Died of Wounds	*
C 107 FindAGrave	Cecil Francis Stainton   York and Lancaster Rgt   6 January 1915	*
G 737 FindAGrave	John Thomas Stones   Lincolnshire Regiment   9 January 1915 Died of Wounds	*
E 668 FindAGrave	Edmund Strawbridge   York and Lancaster Rgt   5 April 1916	*
S 250 FindAGrave	Walter Taylor   York and Lancaster   6 July 1916 Died of Wounds	*
M 1007 FindAGrave	Leonard Taylor   Worcestershire Regiment   5 August 1919	*
ZA 9 FindAGrave	John Thacker   Royal Munster Fusiliers 16 September 1916 Died of Wounds	*
X 904 FindAGrave	Arthur Tilson   York and Lancaster Rgt   30 July 1915	*
C 70 FindAGrave	George Henry Walker   York and Lancaster Rgt   7 August 1916 Died of Wounds	*
A 88 FindAGrave	George Watson   York and Lancaster Rgt   17 September 1916 Died of Wounds	*
B 471 FindAGrave	Walter Whitworth   York and Lancaster Rgt   31 August 1918	*
B 6 FindAGrave	Bernard Wilby   York and Lancaster Rgt   24 November 1918	*
ZA36 FindAGrave	John Wilford   Royal Defence Corps   24 January 1918	*
R 107 FindAGrave	John Wilkinson   Royal Defence Corps   19 December 1918	*
X 1147 FindAGrave	Joseph Wilson   Royal Field Artillery   27 October 1918	*

 

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