Memorial details

District
Barnsley
Town
Barnsley
County
South Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
[musson & retallick]
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1 July 2016
    Attended by: Goff Griffiths (Royal British Legion, Barnsley), local school children, flag party and band.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
70866

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Current location

Churchfields Peace Gardens
Church Lane
Barnsley
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AH
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 34313 06652
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Along the front of the Town Hall Gardens facing Church Street
    Barnsley Town Hall
    Church Street
    Barnsley
    Barnsley
    South Yorkshire
    S70 2TA
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SE 34417 06518
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
The artwork, which was created by artists [musson+retallick] consists of 30 perspex panels divided into 5 vertical strips which each bear the names of two men. A total of 300 men are named who supposedly fell on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme. For around half the names a photograph of the man has been reproduced, otherwise a generic silhouette has been used. The panels are laid out along the pavement edge of the gardens in front of Barnsley Town Hall with small gaps between each large panel. At night the panels are illuminated by white led lights and the light is refracted along the edges of the panels and boundaries of the strips. Below each two names and images is a disc shaped brown object, this is a piece of local children's clay artwork, cast in resin and attached to the plaques.
Inscription
(names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allemby, H
Allsop, B
Almond, A
Andrew, W
Askin, D
Atha, J B
Atkinson, A
Atkinson, G A
Atkinson, W
Bagnall, T
See details for all 300 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 300
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 299
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initial(s) and surname
    Order of information: Surname, Initial(s)
Components
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: depth c10mm, height c.1200mm, width c.1200mm
    Materials: Perspex, resin, metal
Listing information
Condition
History
The memorial was installed on Thursday 30 June 1916 and 'unveiled' on 1 July 2016. It is planned to be removed on 20 November 2016. It was removed on Monday 14 November 2016.
Costs

Comments: Tenders were invited to not exceed £17,750 including materials, installation, decommissioning and artists fee. Additional funds were provided by the Ward Alliances to allow the local school children to attend workshops to create their medallions and to attend on the day of the 'unveiling' but this money did not directly contribute to the cost of the artwork.
Memorial: c.£17,750

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Barnsley Council, Barnsley’s Ward Alliances, Arts Council England and Historic England.
Responsibility
Barnsley Council
Reference

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.

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