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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Barnsley
- Town
- Darfield
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46630
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Current location
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
Church St
Darfield
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 414 043
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- ST MATTHEWS MISSION CHURCH
Low Valley
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- ST MATTHEWS MISSION CHURCH
- Description
- TABLET
- Inscription
- TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ OSCAR BUSHBY BRIGGS/ FOR 20 YEARS CHOIR MASTER OF ST MATT/ MISSION DIED JANY 14TH 1900,/ AGED 65 YEARS/ ALSO OF JOHN TOM TABOR/ MEMBER OF THE CHOIR WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE BOER WAR/ AND DIED THERE MARCH 5TH 1902, AGED 22 YEARS/ THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THEIR FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,place of death,forename,manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 530MM, width 690MM
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- NB/NS/37A
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