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War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Hoyland (Barnsley)

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The War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley)
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The Hoyland War Memorial is situated at the intersection of West Street and Kirk Balk, Hoyland, near Barnsley.

The memorial is a three-stepped base surmounted by plinth and obelisk. Inscription
Commemorations are on the sides of the plinth and on the front face of the base of the obelisk. Ornate scrolled buttresses are at each corner of the obelisk. There is an additional tablet for Second World War commemorations placed at the foot of the obelisk while the whole stands on a raised area with two steps leading up to it.

330 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 66 in the Second World War.
Of the 330 names commemorated for the First World War, 97 are commmeorated on supplementary panels, added after the original 233 names were added. These supplementary panels are on the top step below the main obelisk.

10 men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.

We are very grateful to Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>) for photographing the memorial.

Corporal Robert Leach Beaumont, 40391. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 26021 York and Lancaster Regt. Son of William and Louisa Beaumont, of Law Foote, Hoyland Common, Barnsley. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 20.
Born Hoyland (Yorks), Enlisted Hoyland (Nr Barnsley).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Claude E Chambers. 36188. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 23317 York & Lancaster Regt. Killed 27 May 1918.
Born Ecclesfield (Yorks), Enlisted Barnsley.
Buried JONCHERY-SUR-VESLE BRITISH CEMETERY.

2nd Lieutenant James Henry Fisher Clarke . 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1 July 1916.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY.
The following biographical notes are provided by Robert Coulson in his Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"James Clarke was born in 1894 and was a scholar at Worksop College and King Edward VII school in Sheffield.
When he enlisted he was studying at Edinburgh University with a view to embarking on a career in medicine.
He arrived at Boulogne with the 7th Battalion on 14 July 1915 and was wounded in action at the end of the month whilst in the La Clytte area.
He served in the Ypres salient in late 1915, spending time in the Voormezeele area and Christmas Day of that year billeted in the ramparts of Ypres town.
Spring 1916 saw the battalion involved in the Actions of the Bluff just outside Ypres, and in June they moved down to the Somme.
On 1 July 1916 2nd Lt Clarke attacked with the battalion towards the village of Fricourt at 2-30 p.m. where “officers and men were literally mown down”. He was killed in this action at the age of 21."

Private Walter Guest. 53577. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 40655 West Riding Regt. Son of Mrs. Lucy Guest, of 12, Pepper St., Platts Common, Barnsley. Killed 25 October 1918. Aged 20.
Born Blacker Hill (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Hoyland (Barnsley).
Buried PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Roland Duncan Harris, 33544. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 26646 York & Lancs Regt. Son of George F. and Mary Harris, of Hoyland Common, nr. Barnsley, Yorks. Killed 12 January 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Hoyland Common.
Buried CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY.

Private Arthur Heath, 35463. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 5/89243 6th T R Battalion. Died 8 May 1918.
Born Elsecar (Yorks), Enlisted Sheffield.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Jones. 53561. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 40351 W Riding Regt. Son of Mrs. Beatrice Jones, of 16, Royston Hill, Hoyland, Barnsley, Yorks. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 20.
Born Hoyland (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Hoyland.
Buried LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Frederick Kay. 53582. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 40672 West Riding Regt. Born at Elsecar. Son of Joseph and Sarah Kay, of 21, Hadfield St., Wombwell, Barnsley. Killed 24 October 1918. Aged 23.
Born Hoyland (Yorks), Enlisted Hoyland. Resided Elsecar (Barnsley).
Buried LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Reginald Hague Pope. 5/38348. 15th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 10th T R Battn. Died at home 29 March 1917. Aged 18.
Born Elsecar (Yorks), Enlisted Keighley (Yorks).
Buried ROTHERHAM (MOORGATE) CEMETERY.
(There had been an outbreak of Cerebro Spinal fever at Rugeley Camp at the time that Private Pope died. At least one other soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment, - Private Frederick Brassington, died in this outbreak.)

Private Charles Taylor. 25878. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Handel and Mary Ellen Taylor, of Oldham, Lancs. Killed 1 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Oldham (Lancs), Enlisted Hoyland (Near Barnsley).
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Names "A" - "G" on the War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley)
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Names "G" - "L" on the War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley)
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The WW1 Supplementary Panel on the War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley) on which Arthur Heath is commemorated. The WW1 Supplementary Panel on the War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley) on which Arthur Heath is commemorated.
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The WW1 Supplementary Panel on the War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley) on which Reginald Hague Pope is commemorated. The WW1 Supplementary Panel on the War Memorial for Hoyland (Barnsley) on which Reginald Hague Pope is commemorated.
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)

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