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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Hoyland (Barnsley), - St. Peter's Church |
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Three
of the First World War Memorial Panels in St. Peter's Church, Hoyland
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Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
The First World War Memorial in St. Peter's Church, Hoyland, comprises six carved oak commemorative panels. The panels are situated on either side of the altar, - 3 on either side.
87 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 66 in the Second World War.
4 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 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.
The
First World War Memorial Panels in St. Peter's Church, Hoyland
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
St.
Peter's Church, Hoyland
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
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