Memorial

Francis John Potter and Edwin Dalton Potter

Francis J & Edwin D Potter gravestone

Source: Copyright Pete Schofield (Barnsley War Memorials Project)

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Current Location

Plot G, Number 310, Barnsley Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Barnsley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 1XH, England

SE 35335 05666

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 72592
Description: Lovely medium sized black polished stone with etched gothic designs at top and sides. Clear lighter coloured text inscribed commemorating two WW1 soldier brothers, and their parents.
Inscription: IN / LOVING / MEMORY OF / FRANCIS JOHN / 2ND LIEUT 14TH Y. & L. / FELL IN ACTION NEAR SERRE WOOD, / FRANCE JULY 1ST 1916 / AGED 23 YEARS. / ALSO OF EDWIN DALTON, PTE / NOTTS & DERBY REGT / FELL IN ACTION NEAR ABEELE, FRANCE, / JULY 17TH 1918, AGED 19 YEARS. / FOR KING & COUNTRY. / THE BELOVED SONS OF / CHARLES DALTON & ANNIE POTTER. / ALSO CHARLES DALTON POTTER, / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ANNIE POTTER, / DIED JULY 26TH 1939, AGED 80 YEARS. / "THY WILL BE DONE." / ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED / ANNIE POTTER, / WHO DIED JAN. 11TH 1941, AGED 80 YEARS. //

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank, Forename, Surname, Battalion, Regiment, date of death, place of death, age

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good