DARFIELD - SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Darfield is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
Darfield Middle Shrine
The Shrine was erected by Mr. and Mrs. C. Howard Taylor of Middlewood Hall, in memory of their son and those of the Parish who have fallen in the War.
Lance Corporal William JONES 2902
Born: Kinsley, Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England
Enlisted: 26-7-1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner
16th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 1-10-1915 from Fremantle, Western Australia
Killed in Action 7-8-1917
Son of George and Mary E. Jones, of 24, John St., Snape Hill, Darfield, Yorks, England.
Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 80
Born: Kinsley, Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England
Enlisted: 26-7-1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner
16th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 1-10-1915 from Fremantle, Western Australia
Killed in Action 7-8-1917
Son of George and Mary E. Jones, of 24, John St., Snape Hill, Darfield, Yorks, England.
Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 80
Private Percy Stewart KITSON 2845
Born: Great Houghton, Yorkshire Enlisted: 2-7-1915, Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farm Labourer 7th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Melbourne, Australia 10-9-1915 Died of Wounds 3-9-1916, Belgium aged 28years Resting: Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Son of George and Harriet Ann Kitson, of "Glencairn", Horne St., Wakefield, England. Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 50 |
Darfield Cemetery