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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Hemsworth (Wakefield), St. Helen's Church |
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The
First World War Memorial in St. Helen'sChurch, Hemsworth
Photo : Barnsley
and District War Memorials website
The First World War Memorial in the Church of St. Helen, Hemswort, is a set of four wooden panels with the names of those commemorated inscribed in black upper case lettering. Above these four panels is a dedication on a carved wooden panel.
The memorial is located in the Lady Chapel of St. Helen's Church.
A transcription of the names (approximately 80 in total) commemorated is given on the Barnsley and District War Memorials website.
1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.
Private Herbert Steel. 24808. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 20 September 1916.
Born Tadcaster (Yorks), Enlisted Wakefield, Resided Hemsworth.
Buried POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY.
The
Lady Chapel in St. Helen's Church, Hemsworth. The War Memorial is to the right
of the altar.
Photo : Parish
of Hemsworth Gallery
St.
Helen'sChurch, Hemsworth (Wakefield Road)
Photo : Google Earth
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