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The Balby (Doncaster) War Memorial
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Photo : Leslie Lintott of the Find
a Grave website
The Balby War Memorial is kocated at the entrance to the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Balby.
The memorial is a Latin Cross surmounting three bronze plaques with incised names set into a wall.
117 names are commemorated of those who died in the First World War. A transcription of these names is provided on ther Imperail War Museum's Register of War Memorials.
One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
Private Samuel Carr. 41974. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
187974 RFA. Died 13 April 1918.
Born Bickerton (Cheshire), Enlisted Shrewsbury.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
(Research on the Great
War Forum provided the following information;-
From the 1911 Census resided at 91 Urban Rd Hexthorpe (parish Balby With Hexthorpe).
William and Mary Carr, 13 yr old son William S Carr. ............. to avoid
confusion with father possibly known by his second name (see bmd))
Private Charles Henry Frow. 241773. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 145111 R F A. Husband of Harriet Frow, of 44, Promenade,
Bridlington, Yorks. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 29.
Enlisted Doncaster.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Charles henry Frow's name is not on the main memorial panels, but is to be
found on a plinth
below the meorial. There is no photo of this.)
The
Balby (Doncaster) War Memorial
Photo : Google Earth
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