Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Barnsley
- Town
- Barnsley
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72208
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Current location
Plot X
Number 1196
Barnsley Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Barnsley
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 1XH
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 35335 05666
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tall gray gravestone with pointed top. There are inset pillars on either side of the main text panel. Lettering is black, some discoloured. Commemorates one man killed in WW1.
- Inscription
- IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM KAYE / WHO DIED APRIL 20TH 1925 / AGED 71 YEARS. / ALSO EMMA KAYE / THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED DEC. 29TH 1928 / AGED 72 YEARS. / ALSO HERBERT KAYE, THEIR SON / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN / BELGIUM, OCT. 7TH 1917 / AGED 24 YEARS. / ALSO ELSIE KAYE / THEIR DAUGHTER / WHO DIED JUNE 15TH 1920 / AGED 20 YEARS. / ALSO EMMA KAYE / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JANY. 17TH 1955 / AGED 43 YEARS. //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Kaye, Herbert
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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
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