Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Darfield Churchyard Harold Horbury (World War II)

The gravestone of Harold Horbury's parents in Darfield Churchyard
Memorial to Harold Horbury on the kerbstone of his parents' grave
Links:
 
War Memorials Archive listing  

War Memorials Online listing

Photograph by BarnsleyHistorian

Grave Location and Inscription:
(this gravestone is at the bottom of the graveyard as you walk away from the church's main entrance - letter N on the Friends of Darfield Churchyard's map which can be downloaded as a .pdf file here.)

In loving memory of / Sarah Jane beloved wife of / Albert Horbury / who died May 18th 1933 / aged 54 years / may she rest in peace / and also the above named / Albert Horbury / who died **

Kerbstone: also Guardsman Harold Horbury / Coldstream Guards beloved son of the above / died of wounds in Egypt 1941 / aged 31 years. 


Harold Horbury is remembered on the Alamein Memorial and commemorated on the  Commonwealth War Graves Commission website



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