Darfield Churchyard Frank A Purple (World War II)

Frank A. Purple is buried in All Saints Churchyard Darfield

Links: 

War Memorials Archive listing    

War Memorials Online listing 

Photograph by BarnsleyHistorian 

Grave Location and Inscription:
(This grave is by the side of the path on the left hand side as you walk away from the church's main entrance Number 3 on the Friends of Darfield Churchyard Map which can be downloaded as a .pdf file here.)

In / loving memory of / my dear husband /  (Seaman) Frank Purple / killed by enemy action 11th March 1941 / aged 23 years / R.I.P / A bitter grief, a shock severe / to part with him we loved so dear / our loss is great / we'll not complain / but hope in heaven we meet again.

Frank Purple is buried here in Darfield Cemetery and remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.

Frank is also remembered on the All Saints Church WW2 Memorial Tablet, Darfield and on the  WW2 Roll of Honour in Maurice Dobson Museum, Darfield.

Darfield Churchyard Barnsley William Ennis

William Ennis is remembered on his family's gravestone

Links:

War Memorials Archive Listing

War Memorials Online Listing

Photograph by BarnsleyHistorian

Grave location and inscription:
(This gravestone is at the bottom of the field in a straight line as you walk down the path from the church, letter L on the Friends of Darfield Churchyard's map which can be downloaded as a .pdf file here.)

In loving memory / of / Wilfred / the beloved son of Thomas and Ada / Ennis / who died Feby 23rd 1930 / aged 20 years / also Mary their beloved daughter/who died April 6th 1929/aged 26 years / AT REST

(on kerb stone)
Also Pte William Ennis son of the aforesaid / killed in Action in France Sept 23rd 1917, aged 22 years.

William Ennis is also remembered on the Darfield Cenotaph Welfare Park, Darfield  and the Middlewood Shrine, Darfield

William Ennis is buried at the Bleuet Farm Cemetery in Belgium and is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.


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Barnsley Cemetery Crossland Barraclough

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  Crossland Barraclough is remembered on his family's gravestone

Links:

War memorials Archive listing

War memorials Online listing

Lives of the First World War

Photograph by Pete Schofield

Grave Location and Inscription:
O.55.
In Loving Memory Of / Oswald / the dearly beloved husband of / Amelia Barraclough / who died Oct. 16th 1920 / aged 54 years / also Crossland, the only / beloved son of the above / who died from wounds / received in action in Palestine / May 2nd 1918, aged 24 years / also Millicent Edna / their daughter / who died in infancy / Peace Perfect Peace.

He is remembered on the Barnsley, St Mary's Church, Combined Memorial and on the Barnsley, Holgate Grammar School Old Boys -WW1 and on the War Memorial at St Peter's Church in Wallsend in Northumberland (now Tyne and Wear). 

Crossland Barraclough is buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Read more about Crossland Barraclough on this blog post about him.


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Barnsley Cemetery George Smith

George Smith is remembered on his family's gravestone.

Links:

War Memorials Archive listing

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by Pete Schofield

Grave Location and Inscription:
N.599
In Loving Memory of / George Peel, Butcher of this Town / the beloved husband of Hannah Peel/ who died Octr 27th 1903 aged 49 years / Also the aforementioned Hannah Peel / who died November 25th 1923 /
Also George Smith, the dearly loved grandson of the aforementioned / who was accidentally killed in France and interred at / Vignacourt Cemetery August 15th 1918, Aged 18 years. 

Note:
Son of Tom & Mary Margaret Smith.

He is also remembered on the Barnsley, Holgate Grammar School Old Boys - WW1 Memorial Plaque in the Cooper Gallery, the Grammar School having been demolished.

George is buried in the Vignacourt British Cemetery and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.



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