Tuesday 26 November 2013

Worsborough, Memorial Plaque, St Mary's Church, Worsbro' Village

Memorial Tablet in St Mary's Church, Worsborough Village
Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

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A file of information by Albert Bishop has been deposited in Barnsley Archives, however more information and especially photographs are always welcome.
Please contact us on bwmp2015@gmail.com if you have information about any of these men.

Transcribed and photographed by BarnsleyHistorian

A newspaper cutting about the church and the tablet can be found here.
 
Names:
Where further information on a name has been researched by our volunteers it will be linked here (look for the names in blue) to a page on this site or to an external site.

Barnsley Chronicle 6 November 1920
(thanks to Barnsley Archives)

East Yorks:
Capt W Elmhirst, (William Elmhirst)
York and Lancs:
Capt G A G Hewitt,
Sergt G Aimer, (George Armer)
Sergt J T Draisy, (John Thomas Draisey)
L/Cpl H W Whitehead, (Harry Warburton Whitehead)
L/Cpl W Rushworth,
Pte O Sanderson,
Pte A Naylor,
Pte F Abrahams,
Pte G Welldrick, (George Weldrick)
Pte J A Walton,
Pte J H T Skelton,
Pte J H Rodgers,
Pte W Booth,
Pte L Bassender, (Leonard Bassinder)
Pte F Burkinshaw,
Pte J Booth,
Pte E Jackson.
Duke of Wellington’s:
2nd Lieut E C Elmhirst, (Ernest Christopher Elmirst)
Pte J Hargate,
Pte R E Burkinshaw.
Notts and Derby:
Pte F Waller  (Frederick Waller)
South Staffords:
Pte H Waller
KOYLI:
Pte J Richardson,
Pte S J Mayes,  (Sydney James Mayes)
Royal Fusiliers:
L/Cpl E Fripp
Grenadier Guards:
Tpr J Hayhurst
Durham Light Infantry:
Pte J Carr  (James Carr)
Coldstream Guards:
L/Cpl T Spencer,
Pte W Rodgers,
Pte G W Kellett (George William Kellett)
RAMC:
Pte C D Thorpe,
Pte N Skelton
Royal Engineers:
Cpl J Gallagher,
Spr L Smith
Royal West Kents:
Pte H A Young
Motor Transport (ASC):
Cpl A Utley
Manchesters:
Pte F W Bartle
Northumberland Fusiliers:
Sergt E B Moody, MM
Royal Artillery:
Dvr J A Butcher
Connaught Rangers:
Pte T Goodyear
Oxford and Bucks LI:
Pte T Higgins
Lancs Fusiliers:
Pte W F Bromich
Border Regiment:
Pte T Clark
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve:
A/B E T Carrington
Yorks Dragoons:
Pte C Armitage
Australian Imperial Force:
Pte W Malkin,  (William Malkin)


[names added to the bottom of the plaque out of order]

Cpl G Braham,
Pte C W Nunn, KOYLI

Rfn T H Copley, West Yorks

[1939-1945]
Leslie Bamforth,
Maurice Bryning,
Ernest Burgin,
Raymond Cave,
Arnold Clay,
Charles Clay,
Harry Fisher,
Vincent Jones,

John Edward Littlewood,
Owen Sellars,
Claude Taylor,
Clifford Horace Walton,
Jack Whitehead,
Jim Woodfield,
Randolf Wright,


The newspaper cutting lists the names on the plaque, but it is noticable that the two lists are not identical.  The remainder of the article describes the service and the unveiling of the plaque.
Worsborough Heroes
Memorial to the Lads who Fell

Sir Joseph Hewitt Performs Impressive Ceremony

On Sunday last an impressive service was held in Worsboro’ Parish Church on the occasion of the unveiling by Colonel Sir Joseph Hewitt of a Memorial to those who fell in the Great War.
The Memorial, which takes the form of a mural tablet, is the work of Mr F W Oxley of Barnsley and adds considerably to the beauty of the interior of the church.  It bears the following inscription:-
“To the ever-glorious memory of the Officers and Men of this Parish, who at the call of Duty and in the cause of Freedom, nobly made the Supreme Sacrifice, whose names are inscribed below”:-

East Yorks: Capt W Elmhirst
York and Lancs: Capt G A G Hewitt, Sergt G Aimer, Sergt J T Draisy, L/Cpl W Rushworth, L/Cpl H W Whitehead, Pte O Sanderson, Pte A Naylor, Pte F Abrahams, Pte G Weldrick, Pte J A Walton, Pte J H T Skelton, Pte J H Rodgers, Pte W Booth, Pte L Bassender, Pte F Burkinshaw, Pte J Booth, Pte E Jackson.
Duke of Wellington’s: 2nd Lieut E C Elmhirst, Pte J Hargate, Pte R E Burkinshaw.
Notts and Derby: Pte F Waller
South Staffords: Pte H Waller
KOYLI: Pte J Richardson, Pte S J Mayes
Royal Fusiliers: L/Cpl E Fripp
Grenadier Guards: Tpr J Hayhurst
Royal West Kents: Pte H A Young
Durham Light Infantry: Pte J Carr
Coldstream Guards: L/Cpl T Spencer, Pte W Rodgers, Pte G W Kellett
RAMC: Pte C D Thorpe, Pte N Skelton
Motor Transport (ASC): Cpl A Utley
Royal Engineers: Cpl J Gallagher, Spr L Smith
Manchesters: Pte F W Bartle
Northumberland Fusiliers: Sergt E B Moody, MM
Royal Artillery: Dvr J A Butcher
Connaught Rangers: Pte T Goodyear
Oxford and Bucks LI: Pte T Higgins
Lancs Fusiliers: Pte W F Bromich
Border Regiment: Pte T Clark
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: A/B E T Carrington
Yorks Dragoons: Pte C Armitage

There are forty-six names in the article.  Only five of these appear on the Combined Worsbrough War Memorial on the edge of St Thomas' Worsbrough Dale's churchyard.  Two more appear on the War Memorial at St Luke's Worsbrough Common.




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