York and Lancaster Memorial

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 19 April 1925
Attended by: Colonel Comandant Renny, C.M.C., D.S.O., Bishop of Wakefield, Mayor of Barnsley Councillor G.F. Wood, Town Clerk A.D. Mason, Chief Constable G.H. Butler, Major Rideal D.S.O. commanding Barnsley Detachment of 5th Y&L Regiment

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

71317

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Current location

St Mary's Church
Church Street
Barnsley
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AH
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 34372 06659
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

A bronze coloured plaque with raised lettering in a broad painted white frame. It commemorates 8,814 men of the York and Lancaster Regiment who fell in WW1.

Inscription

TO THE EVERLASTING / HONOUR AND / GLORY OF THE 8,814 OFFICERS / NON-COMMISSIONED /OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE / YORK & LANCASTER / REGIMENT WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 //

Inscription legible?

yes

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Barnsley Chronicle 4 April 1925 Notice of Service to Unveil Memorial on 19th April.

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