At present no image of this war memorial is available for online display. If you have a photograph of this war memorial, please upload it via our image upload form for inclusion on the Register. The image will be credited to yourself and free for reuse for non-commercial purposes by others under the IWM Non Commercial Licence.
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Barnsley
- Town
- Wombwell
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65439
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
Barnsley Wombwell Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Wombwell
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S73 8JA
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 39662 03125
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to gravestone.
- Inscription
- IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOSEPH/ THE BELOVED SON OF/ EDWARD & EMILY RUSSELL/ WHO DIED OCT. 15th 1924/ AGED 21 YEARS/ ALSO RIFLEMAN J.E. RUSSELL/ 16th BATT. K.R.R. WHO WAS KILLED/ IN ACTION IN FRANCE JUNE 27. 1916/ AGED 20 YEARS/ ALSO THE ABOVED NAMED/ EDWARD RUSSELL/ WHO DIED MAY 24th 1946/ AGED 82 YEARS./ ALSO THE ABOVED NAMED/ EMILY RUSSELL/ WHO DIED APRIL 26th 1959/ AGED 93 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gravestone
- 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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/33905/james-edward-russell/
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-65439
For queries, please contact [email protected].