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Barnsley - St John's Barebones, Memorial Tablet (BAR32) and Men from the Parish
Barnsley - St John's Barebones, Memorial Tablet (BAR32) and Men from the Parish
This memorial no longer exists (as far as we know). St John's Church was demolished in the 1960s and the congregation moved to St Peter's on Doncaster Road. It took the form of an "oak tablet at the west end of the church" according to the Barnsley Chronicle on 24 September 1921 and with 140 names it can't have been small. What did they do with it? Stories abound but we are no closer to finding a definitive answer. The parish of St John's was full of densely packed small houses, mostly now demolished. Many families had multiple members serving in WW1. http://barnsleywarmemorials.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/st-johns-church-barnsley-oak-memorial.html ------------ In October 2016 a replacement tablet was blessed in St Peter's Church on Doncaster Road, it lists the names found in the newspaper article from 1921. --------- If you are having trouble adding information to men in this Community on Lives of the First World War I would be happy to help. ----- Linda Hutton IWM Volunteer barnsleyhistorian@gmail.com
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Died 1916
British Army 2403 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 24190 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14/603 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14/1431 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 13/958 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army 1883 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Born 1880
British Army 14/466 Private 14th York and Lancaster Regiment
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British Army 38699 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry
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Born 1892
Died 1918
British Army 57673 Private West Yorkshire Regiment
British Army 57673 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
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Born 1879
Died 1915
British Army 5828 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 13/415 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
British Army 13/415 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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British Army 681407 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery
More about Stanley Charlesworth -
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 241800 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
More about Ernest Clayton -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 14/16 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Died 1917
British Army L/3464 Driver Royal Field Artillery
British Army L/3464 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery
British Army L/3464 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery
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Died 1917
British Army 13/30 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14/71 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
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Born 1893
Died 1917
British Army 10656 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers
British Army 202244 Corporal ALIAS
British Army 202244 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers
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