Memorial

George Smith

George Smith kerbstone

Source: Copyright Pete Schofield (Barnsley War Memorials Project)

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Current Location

Plot N, Number 599, 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: 72584
Description: Darkened kerbstone with inscribed text showing lighter, partially sunk in the grass and with evidence of possible iron fencing or other addition now missing. Further non-war memorial text on two other kerbstones around the plot which also have evidence of something metal removed. Commemorates one WW1 soldier on his grandparents' grave plot.
Inscription: Kerbstone head of grave: In Loving Memory of / GEORGE PEEL, BUTCHER OF THIS TOWN / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF HANNAH PEEL/ WHO DIED OCTR 27TH 1903 AGED 49 YEARS Kerbstone: ALSO THE AFOREMENTIONED HANNAH PEEL / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 25TH 1923 Kerbstone to side: ALSO GEORGE SMITH, THE DEARLY LOVED GRANDSON OF THE AFOREMENTIONED / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN FRANCE AND INTERRED AT / VIGNACOURT CEMETERY AUGUST 15TH 1918, AGED 18 YEARS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename, Surname, age, date of death, place of death, place of burial