Wath upon Dearne, All Saints, Reredos and Dedicatory plaques, formerly St James Church

Two Framed Lists of Names of Fallen
Men from St James

The Reredos from St James Church in the Lady Chapel at All Saints, Wath
(with apologies for the photo quality, this is an enlarged
and stretched section of the background of another photo)

 

Links:

War Memorials Register listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photographed by Nigel Croft 25 September 2021

Researched and Transcribed by BarnsleyHistorian

Inscription on both plaques:

European War

To the Glory of God in Memory of the Fallen

From the District of Saint James, this Reredos is Erected

Greater love hath no man than this, that

A man lay down his life for his friends

At Rest

[names]

Jesu, Mercy

Information:

The dedication and unveiling of the carved oak Reredos at St James Church, Wath-in-Dearne (sic), took place on Thursday 18 March 1920. It was reported in the Mexborough and Swinton Times on 20 March 1920. The names of 70 men of the parish who had fallen in the war were read out and were listed in the newspaper report.  

However, there are 82 names on the above framed plaques, 40 on the first shown and 42 on the second. Both lists are almost entirely in alphabetical order and are different from each other. 

There are some spelling differences between the newspaper report and the plaques, for example Garbett and Garbutt or Pyott and Pyot and even Burdin and Durdin!

The information on the IWM War Memorials Register is somewhat inaccurate. A submission will be made, including the above images, with a request to update the entry for this memorial.  

Names:

Where further information has been discovered for any of these men it will be linked (look for names underlined and in blue) to a page on this site or to an external site. In this way we try to avoid duplication and encroaching on the research of other groups and individuals.

Newspaper Listing

G H Ashwin
G Burdin

A Barlow

C Carr

T W Creamer

J W Clark

W A Clarke

A J Clarke

T B Duffy

G Dodson

W E Earl

F Eyre

A Espley

S Fletcher

G W Greaves

J W Greenway

V Garbutt

E Garbutt

F Garbutt

C A Guest

H Hadwin

R Holmes

E Humphrey

H Howson

F Heaton

C Ibberson

J Jackman

E E Johnson

W Kirby

J R Landon

W Lister

H Locke

J Matthews

H Moore

H A Maclean

G A Maclean

H Nicholls

S Munro

J A Mansbridge

A E Oldham

G Oates

H Osborn

H Pears

W F Pyott

T J Pyott

A Pyott

J Pears

H Robinson

W H Roberts

E Reid

A Redgewell

N Stainthorpe

S Stables

W Steer

W Selelrs [presumably Sellars?]
J Salmon

J W Stocks

E L Stocks

S Sanderson

C W £mith [presumably Smith]

J Sykes

A Sykes

E Thompson

F Turton

J Turton

S Twite

G Wroe

J Whiteley

E Waddington

T Coggin

First Plaque Shown Above

Name	Place	Date
Ashwin, G H Barlow, A Clark, J W Clark, A J Clarke, W A Carr, C Creamer, T W Earl, W E Espley, A Eyre, F Fletcher, S Garbett, E Garbett, F Garbutt, V Holmes, R Howson, H Hadwin, H Heaton, F Ibbetson, C Jackson, J Johnson, E E Kirby, W Locke, H Lister, W Munroe, S Mansbridge, J A Nicholls, H Osborne, H Oldham, A E Pyot, A Pyot, W F Pears, H Redgwill, A Stocks, F W Stocks, E L Sykes, A Sykes, J Turton, J Thompson, E Wroe, G	France France France France Mediterranean Sea France Germany Belgium France France France Mediterranean Sea Belgium France France France France France France France Belgium Belgium Mediterranean Sea France France Mediterranean Sea France England Jutland Battle France Belgium Dardanelles France France France Belgium France France France France	Nov 1916 July 1916 Mar 1918 Sept 1918 Aug 1915 July 1916 July 1918 Aug 1917 Sept 1915 Feb 1918 Sept 1915 Aug 1915 Nov 1917 July 1916 July 1916 July 1915 July 1916 Aug 1918 Aug 1918 July 1917 Dec 1918 Feb 1916 Dec 1917 Nov 1916 Sep 1916 Aug 1915 March 1918 Feb 1918 May 1916 Sept 1917 Oct 1917 Aug 1915 May 1917 Sept 1915 Sept 1915 Nov 1915 July 1917 Oct 1917 July 1916 Sept 1916

Second Plaque Shown Above 

Name	Place	Date
Bird, W Briggs, G Clegg, A Coggan, T Dodson, G Duffy, T B Durdin, C Fox, S Gething, T Gillford, W Greenway, J W Greaves, G W Guest, C A Harwood, J Humphreys, E Sanders, J R Lee, W Maclean, H A Maclean, G A Matthews, [smudge] Marwood, C H Moore, H Norris, C R Oates, G Pears, J Pyot, T J Ranyard, W W Reed, E Roberts, W H Robinson, H Salmons, J Sanderson, S Sellars, W Steer, W Smith, C W Stainthorpe, H Stables, S Turton, F Twite, S Waddington, E Whiteley, J Percy, R	France France France France England France France France France France France Germany England France England England France France France France France France France France France Mediterranean Sea France Belgium France Italy England England Belgium France France Belgium Germany France France France France France	* Oct 1917 Mar 1918 Oct 1916 Mar 1918 Sept 1915 Sept 1918 July 1918 June 1917 Apl 1917 June 1918 Dec 1918 Aug 1915 July 1916 June 1918 May 1917 Apl 1918 Sept 1915 Aprl 1918 Apl 1918 Aug 1915 Aug 1915 Mar 1918 July 1919 Oct 1917 Aug 1914 Oct 1918 May 1915 Mar 1915 June 1918 Oct 1918 Nov 1918 May 1918 Oct 1918 Nov 1917 Aug 1917 Sept 1918 July 1918 Apl 1918 Oct 1917 Aug 1916 Dec 1914

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