'Absence from Commemoration in Barnsley 1914-1939'

Hundreds of Barnsley-born people who lost their Lives in the First World War were omitted from War Memorials in the Barnsley Borough 1915-1939. 
Linda’s  thesis was inspired by a Centenary project to create a First World War Roll of Honour for the Barnsley Borough. They discovered that over 700 Barnsley connected men, whom it was thought should have been on the war memorials had been omitted from commemoration. Many names have been added to Barnsley war memorials during various FWW anniversaries, but why were these men omitted in the first place? Using prosopography, Linda researched 587 Barnsley-born fatalities, and will present her findings briefly with a few interesting stories that she uncovered along the way.

Linda studied part-time for a PhD at the University of Wolverhampton. She is a mature student and previously took the MA in ‘The History of Britain and the First World War’ at the same university, 2017 to 2020. Linda has lived in Barnsley, South Yorkshire for the past 24 years.