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The War Memorial in St. Peter's Church, Barnsley
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The full name of St. Peter's Church, Barnsley is "The Church Of St Peter The Apostle & St John The Baptist". The church is located on the corner of Brinckman Street and the Doncaster Road (A635) in Barnsley. The church was founded in 1893.
The First World War Memorial is an oak tablet, divided into
five panels. Over the central panel are the letters R.I.P. in gold in a projecting
upper section. At the head of the names in the central panel is the incription
1914-1918. Below the main panel is a supplementary board of three shorter
panels in similar woodwork and colouring.
The memorial commemorates 160 men of the parish.
A transcription of the names is on the Imperial war Museum's Register of War Memorials website.
3 soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.
Below the memorial for the parishioners of St. Peter's is the War memorial for the Church of St. John the Baptist, Barnsley. The original of this memorial was lost in the 1960s when the church of St John the Baptist, in the Barebones area of Barnsley was demolished.
Private Fred Bretonner. 32027. 16th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, transferred to (12685) 22nd Coy Labour Corps. Husband of Lily Brettoner,
of 17, Spring St., Princess St., Barnsley. Died 26 September 1917. Aged 37.
Born Barnsley, Enlisted Barnsley.
Buried WIELTJE FARM CEMETERY.
(There is some confusion as regards the above soldier. The CWGC records have
him as 31652 Private Brettoner. SDGW have him as 27065 Private Bretonner of
the Yorks and Lancs Regiment. But the Medal Rolls Index card has him listed
as 32027 Private Brettoner of the Yorkshire Regiment.)
Captain William Henry George Raley. 3rd Battalion attached
to 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Lt. Col. William Emsley
Raley, of Darley Hall, Barnsley, Yorks, and the late Elizabeth Emsley Raley.
Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
The following additional biographical information is taken from Roberts Coulson's
Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"William Raley was born in Barnsley on May 3rd 1885.
He qualified into the legal profession and was admitted to the bar in 1908
working as Managing Clerk for the family firm of Raley & Sons in Barnsley.
A pre war territorial soldier he first went to France with the Royal Fusiliers
in December of 1914 but was invalided home with blood poisoning.
Captain Raley then joined the 2nd Yorkshires in May of 1915 just after the
Battle of Festubert. On June 14th the battalion moved into trenches to the
east of Givenchy and attacked at 6-00 a.m. the next day after the blowing
of a mine under the enemy line. Captain William Henry George Raley was killed
in this action on June 15th 1915 at the age of 30
The following was written in the official history of the regiment;-
“Captain Raley and most of his “B” company were hit before
they got away from their parapet”."
Lance Corporal Fred Walker. 23757. 13th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 November 1917.
Born Barnsley, Enlisted Barnsley (Yorks).
Commemorated on the CAMBRAI MEMEMORIAL.
The War Memorial for St. John's Church beneath the War Memorial for St. Peter's
Church, Barnsley
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St. Peter's Church, Barnsley
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