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The Blacker Hill War Memorial
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
The Blacker Hill War Memorial is situated inside a small park on the Barnsley Road, Black Hill.
The memorial is an obelisk on a two stepped square base. The memorial stands
in a paved area with a path leading to it.
The memorial has been renovated recently. The original memorial dedication
and commemorations had become very weathered, and have been replaced by a
face made of black granite in which the dedication and commemoratu=ions are
incised in gold lettering.
The memorial commemorates 24 names of those who fell in the First World War.
1 soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
We are very grateful to Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>) for photograophing this memorial.
Private Walter Guest. 53577. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 40655 West Riding Regt. Son of Mrs. Lucy Guest, of 12,
Pepper St., Platts Common, Barnsley. Killed 25 October 1918. Aged 20.
Born Blacker Hill (Yorks), Enlisted Pontefract, Resided Hoyland (Barnsley).
Buried PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY.
First World War Commemorations on the Blacker Hill Memorial
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
The Original First World War Commemorations on the Blacker Hill Memorial
Photo : Wayne Bywater (<waynetyke123@aol.com>)
The
Blacker Hill War Memorial (View in 2011).
Photo : Google Earth
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