Memorial Details
Memorial
Processional cross Barnsley 1914 St. Mary Magdalene
Reference
Y1.11
Place
YARM
Map ref
NZ 416129
Original Location
St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, West Road, Yarm.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Processional cross. There is a very plain cross set on a support decorated with ivy leaves.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
(Dedicated to the memory of Capt. A.A. Barnsley, 4th Lancs Fus attd 1st Northumberland Fus. KIA between 25 and 27 Oct 1914 aged 37).
Names
See above
Who commissioned
A lady
Notes
1. Michael Ellison writes:
We are also still trying to ascertain a processional cross, the parish magazine for Dec 1919 records (as written by the then rector George Barnsley):
"Processional Cross – given by a lady in memory of my brother who was killed in Oct 1914. His grave can not be found, so no cross can be placed there so she is giving this cross as his memorial. We hope to have it by Christmas”
His brother was Alan Arthur Barnsley, Capt 4th Lancs Fus attd 1st Northumberland Fus. KIA between 25 and 27 Oct 1914 aged 37. Our current cross has no inscription but our elder members of the congregation say it has been in church since before the 1930s so it may well be the one mentioned above. I hope to go through the terriers in the archives to ascertain if indeed this is the cross we are still using, and if so it is also a war memorial.
2. Captain Alan Barnsley has an Every Name a Story entry
We are also still trying to ascertain a processional cross, the parish magazine for Dec 1919 records (as written by the then rector George Barnsley):
"Processional Cross – given by a lady in memory of my brother who was killed in Oct 1914. His grave can not be found, so no cross can be placed there so she is giving this cross as his memorial. We hope to have it by Christmas”
His brother was Alan Arthur Barnsley, Capt 4th Lancs Fus attd 1st Northumberland Fus. KIA between 25 and 27 Oct 1914 aged 37. Our current cross has no inscription but our elder members of the congregation say it has been in church since before the 1930s so it may well be the one mentioned above. I hope to go through the terriers in the archives to ascertain if indeed this is the cross we are still using, and if so it is also a war memorial.
2. Captain Alan Barnsley has an Every Name a Story entry
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Parish Magazine 1919 reports proposal to obtain a cross.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Michael Ellison
Research In Progress
The Yarm 1914 Project is researching the names on this War Memorial
Contact:
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Processional cross Barnsley 1914 St. Mary Magdalene (Y1.11)
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