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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Barnsley
Town
Cudworth
County
South Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 31 July 1919
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
70515

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Current location

Cudworth Methodist Church - now Exodus Charity Shop
Barnsley Road
Cudworth
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S72 8SU
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 38742 09229
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Shaped brass plaque on wooden backing board. Headed by an image of a hand holding a wreath with trailing ribbons. Commemorates ten men who fell in the First World War.
Inscription
Lovely and pleasant / in their lives. / In death they were / not divided. / IN UNDYING MEMORY / of the following SCHOLARS of this CHURCH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / for FREEDOM and the VINDICATION / of NATIONAL HONOUR in the / GREAT WAR of 1914-1918 / "We shall go to them but they shall not return to us." / (names) / "If English hearts are sad today / Yet English heads are high / That England's sons still know the way / Like England's sons to die."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brooks, Arthur
Clare, Sidney
Doughty, Fred
Horton, William
Jackson, Herbert E
Jobburns, Edward
Jobburns, William
Loft, Thomas Dixon
Porter, Harold
Stainrod, Joseph A
See details for all 10 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename(s), initials and surname
    Order of information: Forenames, Initials, Surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Cudworth Methodist Church

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