New WW1 headstones discovered

I visited Wombwell cemetery earlier today, to search for headstones commemorating WW1 soldiers.

Wombwell Cemetery

I was unable to find memorials to the two soldiers I was actually looking for (Robert Arthur Killingreay and Cooper Allen Robinson.) Both those headstones had either been removed or become grown over. I did however accidentally stumble across a memorial to Sergeant George Brough.

Kerbstone with an inscription to George Brough

George Brough enlisted in Liverpool and served with the Royal Horse and  Field Artillery. He died on 27th October 1918 and was interred at Tourgeville cemetery, France. A fortnight after his death, George's widow Edith Smart gave birth to a son, she named George.

Headstone comemorating J E Russell
Photo credit Pete Schofield of the BMWP

Earlier in the month Pete Schofield of the Barnsley War Memorial Project also visited the cemetery and found two headstones commemorating Wombwell soldiers Luke Barker and James Edward Russell.

Private Herbert Gelder - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In Affectionate Remembrance / Of / Elizabeth / The beloved wife of /
Albert Gelder, of New Wombwell / Who died December 10th 1889 /
Aged 29 years / Also Alfred son of the above / Who died April 24th 1889 /
Aged 5 months / Also Ethel daughter of / Albert and Mary Gelder /
Who died Sept. 5th 1896 / Aged 6 weeks / Also of Mary Gelder /
The beloved wife of the above / Who died July 17th 1912 / Aged 45 years /
Also the above named / Albert Gelder / Who died February 26th 1933 / Aged 66 years //
Also their son / Pte Herbert Gelder / 10th K.O.Y.L.I. killed in France / October 4th 1917 /
Aged 20 years. //

Headstone location:
U/C 3. 4363, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Herbert is not interred within this grave. 

Other memorials that commemorate Herbert Gelder include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Tyne Cot memorial, Panel 108 to 111, Belgium
Wesleyan Chapel memorial tablet, Park Street, Wombwell

Service details:
Private Herbert Gelder, 42268, 10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life Story
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Memorial (France)

Private Charles Exley - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In loving memory of / Andrew / The beloved husband of / Jane Elizabeth Exley /
Who died Dec. 19th 1929 / Aged 60 years / Also the above named / Jane Elizabeth Exley /
Who died / Nov. 2nd 1951 / Aged 80 years /
Also their beloved son Pte. Charles Exley Y&L Regt. / Who was killed in France May 31st 1917/ Aged 25 years / Hearts that loved them never forget. //

Headstone location:
U/C 6, 697C Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Charles is not interred within this grave. He is buried in
Plot I.Q.35. at Philosophe British Cemetery, France

Other memorials that commemorate Charles Exley include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Cortonwood war memorial, Brampton Bierlow, South Yorkshire

Private Charles Exley
Barnsley Chronicle July 21st 1917
Image with thanks to the Barnsley Archives

Service Details:
Private Charles Exley, 13/1404, 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regt.

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life Story
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Grave  (France)

Rifleman Ernest Crooks - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In / Loving memory / Of / Edwin / The beloved husband of / Harriet Crooks /
Of Wombwell / Who died March 30th 1913 / Aged 59 years / Also the above named /
Harriet Crooks / Who died February 21st 1922 / Aged 68 years /
Also Rifleman Ernest Crooks / Son of the above / Killed in action, with the 16th /
Kings Royal Rifles on April 13th / 1916, aged 22 years / Peace, Perfect Peace.//

Headstone location:
Con 11, 1254, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Ernest is not interred within this grave. He is buried in
Plot F.10 at Cambrin Military Cemetery, France

Other memorials that commemorate Ernest Crooks include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Church Lads Brigade Memorial, St. Mary's Church, Wombwell

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life Story
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Memorial (France)

Private Jack Count - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In Loving Memory Of / Frank / The beloved husband / Fanny Count /
Who departed this life Nov.15th 1895 / Aged 45 years /
Also Pte.Jack Count, 13th Norhd. Fus. / Son of the above / Who died of wounds in France / June 18th 1917 / Aged 28 years / His resting place, a soldiers grave /
Also the above named / Fanny Count / Who died June 13th 1933, aged 37 years /
Rest in Peace / Also Colin, the beloved son of / Frank and Mary Count /
And the grandson of the above / Who died Dec. 24th 1918, aged 5 years /
Also Charlotte Count / Who died in infancy //

Headstone location:
Con 8, 1952, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Jack is not interred within this grave. He is buried in
Plot I. L. 26 at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Other memorials that commemorate Jack Count include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Reform Club Memorial, Nu-well Center, Hough Lane, Wombwell

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life Story
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Memorial (France)

Private Luke Barker - Family Headstone

Photo with thanks to Pete Schofield of the BWMP

Inscription:
In memory of / Luke the beloved husband of Jane Barker /
Died Sep.9th 1948 aged 80 years //
Also the aforenamed Jane Barker / Who died Feb. 3rd 1956 aged 82 years / "Re-united" //
Also of a dear son & brother Luke Barker / killed in France July 1st 1916 aged 18 years. //

Headstone location:
N/C 1, 5679, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Luke is not interred within this grave. His last known resting place is unknown.

Other memorials that commemorate Luke Barker include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Thiepval memorial, Pier & Face 14A & 14B, France

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life Story
FindaGrave.com Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Memorial (France)

LCpl Albert Edward Carr - Family Headstone

Inscription:
Mary Ann, / The Beloved wife of / John Carr, / Of Hemingfield, / Born November 12th 1863, /
Died January 12th 1903. / Also of Annie May, Walter Oswald, /
Doris and Lillian, Children of the above, / Who died in infancy. /
Also Albert Edward, / Son of the above who was killed /
In action at Ginchy, France, September 16th 1916, Aged 24 Years. /
Also John, the beloved husband of / Ellen Carr, / Who Passed away March 5th 1944 /
Aged 81 years / I know that my Redeemer liveth. //.

Headstone location:
Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Albert is not interred within this grave. His last known resting place is unknown.

Other memorials that commemorate Albert E Carr include:
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell
Thiepval memorial, Pier & Face 7D & 8D, France

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life Story
FindaGrave.com (U.K)
FindaGrave.com (France)

Company Serjeant Major Frank Ashton - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In / Loving / Memory Of / Beatrice M. Ashton / The dearly beloved daughter /
Of / John & Lucy Ashton / Who died Dec 14th 1920 / Aged 27 years /
Also of / C.S.M. FRANK ASHTON K.R.R. / The beloved son of the above /
Who died of wounds in France / May 29th 1917, aged 21 years /
They have passed through the gates to eternal life.

Headstone location:
Con 11, 1568, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Frank Ashton is not interred within this grave. He is instead buried in
Plot I. D. 11 at Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc,  Pas de Calais, France

Other memorials that commemorate Frank Ashton include:
Church Lads Brigade Memorial Tablet, Inside St. Mary's Church, Wombwell
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell

Service Details:
C/476, Company Sergeant Major Frank Ashton, 16th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps..
Son of John and Lucy Ashton of 27 Marsh St. Wombwell.

Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life story
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (u.k)
FindaGrave.com - Grave (France)

Rifleman Arthur Barker - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In / Loving Memory / Of  / Gertrude / The dearly beloved daughter of /
William and Annie Barker / of Wombwell / Who departed this life Decr 19th 1901,
Aged 21 Years / Her end was peace /
Also rifleman ARTHUR BARKER / K.R.R (son of the above) / Killed in France April 4th 1918, /
Age 32 Years. / Also of the above named /Annie Barker / Who departed this life Jan 1st 1921, /
Aged 72 years. /To memory ever dear / Also the above named, / William Barker, /
Who departed this life / March 24th 1923, aged 73 years /

Headstone location:
U/C 5, 1542, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Arthur Barker however is not interred in this grave.

Other Memorials Arthur Baker is Remembered on Include:
Pozieres Memorial, panels 61 to 64, France
St Mary's Church Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell

Service details:
R/41767, Rifleman Arthur Barker, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 

Learn more about Arthur Barker:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW.org - Life story
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (U.K)
FindaGrave.com - Memorial (France)