Memorial

Sergeant H Scargill

Scargill family gravestone

Source: Copyright Pete Schofield (Barnsley War Memorials Project)

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Current Location

Plot H, Number 239, 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: 72214
Description: Tall black marble stone with square top only broken by an upright mid placed three lobed projection. A row of indented carving runs below the top. Text is inscribed and shows white/grey against the dark stone. Commemorates one WW1 soldier and his parents.
Inscription: In / Loving Memory / of / ISRAEL SCARGILL / BORN APRIL 12TH 1846, / DIED OCTOBER 14TH 1907. / ALSO HARRY SCARGILL / SERGEANT 13TH BATT. Y&L REGT. / THE BELOVED SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE / JULY 1ST 1916, AGED 29 YEARS / GREATER LOVE THAT NO MAN THAN THIS / ALSO ELIZABETH / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE NAMED / ISRAEL SCARGILL / WHO DIED JUNE 16TH 1932, / AGED 83 YEARS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, Forname, Surname, Battalion, Regiment, date of death, place of death

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good