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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Barnsley
- Town
- Barnsley
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18 September 1921
Attended by: Rev. Kenneth Best, MA, MC, former chaplain to the 13th Y&L, Rev. R Huggard, MBE, vicar of the parish, Drummer Irwin, Y&L, Mr Clayto, organist.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 69425
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- Previous locations
- St John the Baptist
Joseph Street
Barnsley
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 34641 05804
Denomination: Church of England
- St John the Baptist
- Description
- "The memorial takes the form of an oak tablet at the west end of the church" (Barnsley Chronicle 24 September 1921)
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the gallant men from this parish who fell in the Great War (names) We unveil this tablet / "While they sleep, Lord Jesus Look on them, when they rise, Receive them"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, G T
Archer, David
Archer, Tom
Atha, John Bruce
Atkinson, Jonas
Atkinson, Thomas
Barman, Frederick
Barman, James
Batty, Joseph
Bayford, Cyril G
See details for all 140 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 140
Served and returned: 0
Died: 140
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Names (or initials), Surname
Order of information: Names (or initials), Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Condition
- History
- This memorial was lost when the church was demolished.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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