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Queen's Award recipients & Historic England 'Angels'. Part of the NFCF. The Friends mind Yorkshire’s 1868 Cemetery & 1867 Chapels. Charity 1156569. Est. 2002.

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Friends of Wombwell Cemetery @fowcemetery.bsky.social · Sep 30
REMINDER: CEMETERY WINTER OPENING TIMES COMMENCE WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2025.

This is a reminder that on Wednesday 1st October, we are changing to our winter closing times. The cemetery gates will close at 5:30pm.
REMINDER: CEMETERY WINTER OPENING TIMES COMMENCE WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2025. This is a reminder that on Wednesday 1st October, we are changing to our winter closing times. The cemetery gates will close at 5:30pm.
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12th November: Remembering Pioneer James Hardy. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Pioneer James Hardy.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Thank you Kings Oak Primary for coming to lay beautiful wreaths on the Barnsley Pals memorial! It’s greatly appreciated ❤️🌹
A close up of a laminated paper poppy wreath
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Thank you very much to High View Primary for attending our Remembrance Service again this year. The children were fantastic and the wreaths are absolutely lovely. ❤️🌹
The Barnsley Pals memorial and metal crosses, layered with handmade paper and card poppy wreaths and poppy decorations, made by High View Primary Learning Centre.
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Take a moment of silence at 11am to reflect, be thankful, and remember.

#LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem

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Remember Them | 2020
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November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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11th November: Remembering Able Seaman Hugh Roland Guest. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Able Seaman Hugh Roland Guest
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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10th November: Remembering Corporal Joseph Firth. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Corporal Joseph Firth
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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We Will Remember Them 🌹

We commissioned GM Fabrications to produce poppy crosses as a lasting tribute to those who gave their lives for us. Thank you GM Fabrications.

We've also purchased poppies for the gates & will continue to donate to the Royal British Legion

#WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
Our Barnsley Pals memorial stone with rows of metal crosses at either side. There are six rows of poppies on either side. A close up of the crosses and Pals memorial, taken from an angle
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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9th November: Remembering Private John James Dixon. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Private John James Dixon
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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8th November: Remembering Private William Dennis. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Private William Dennis
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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7th November: Remembering Private Thomas William Crowe. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Private Thomas William Crowe
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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6th November: Remembering Corporal Jack Caswell. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Corporal Jack Caswell
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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5th November: Remembering Company Quartermaster Sergeant Leonard Taylor Burrows. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Company Quartermaster Sergeant Leonard Taylor Burrows.
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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4th November: Remembering Private John Bunniss. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Private John Bunniss
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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3rd November: Remembering Private George William Booth. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Private George William Booth
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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2nd November: Remembering Private Richard Bishop. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Private Richard Bishop
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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A big thanks to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for the #31DaysOfGraves list this year!

We’re now moving on to our soldiers. Each day, we’re posting information cards to commemorate the soldiers buried in the cemetery, ending with a roll of honour for those who didn’t make it back. Two posted today!
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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1st November: Remembering Rifleman Stanley Barraclough.
#WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information for Rifleman Stanley Barraclough
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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1st November: Remembering Lance Corporal Newton Bamford.
#WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget
An information card showing information of Lance Corporal Newton Bamford
November 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Day 31: Memento Mori. #31DaysOfGraves

Slightly late with this one, and we’ll have to play a wild card instead! The cemetery at night… in the fog! Happy Halloween 🎃
A photo of the cemetery in the fog. Foreground shows gravestones, background shows the silhouette of the chapels and a tree due to the fog. The prompt list for 31 Days of Graves
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Slight comparison shot, though angled the other way as the cemetery house fence blocks most of the other side. Postcard estimated 1910 ish. The flower borders struggled and died a few times in the late 1800s.
The cemetery main path view - postcard from around 1910. The cemetery main path view - taken 2017
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Day 30: Colour. #31DaysOfGraves

An old postcard of the cemetery, with some graves peeking out behind the shrubs - in colour.
An old postcard showing Wombwell Cemetery main path from the Cemetery Road entrance. The prompt list for 31 days of graves.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Day 29: Occupation. #31DaysOfGraves

Mark Jones, footballer for Manchester United. One of the ‘Busby Babes’, sadly passed away on 6th February 1958 in the Munich Air Disaster.
A photo of Mark Jones in his football kit. Mark Jones and family grave. The stone and kerb edge is white with a white stone football and upright memorial stone for Mark Jones at the foot of the grave. The prompt list for 31 Days of Graves.
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Day 28: Column. #31DaysOfGraves

Two small ‘columns’ on the Taylor family grave.
A tall, grey, granite stone with red, granite columns on either side. A close up of the columns and text on the grave. The prompt list for 31 Days of Graves
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Day 27: Tree. #31DaysOfGraves

Tree & Tree Occupant 🌳
A sycamore tree with a large limb overhanging a path. The leaves on the tree are green and the path is blanketed with orange, red, green and yellow leaves. A squirrel sitting in a tree Prompt list for 31 Days of Graves.
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Day 26: Figure. #31DaysOfGraves

In 2020, this angel was still stood, watching over William Ingram. Sadly, today, she is broken. Maybe small enough to repair, we shall have to see.
A small stone angel propped up against her base. The prompt list for 31 Days of Graves.
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM