Project ID: 812

DescriptionU3A project researching the lives of the WW1 servicemen named on the Dodworth War Memorial. This four year research project will be completed this November. Leader of the War Memorials Project group, Robert Green, said “We looked at our local memorial and asked ourselves ‘who were these men from our village?’ Using our research experience we have managed to bring to life the story of each serviceman and sadly, in most cases, the circumstances of their death.”
TopicsWar
TypeU3A-led research (SLP)
U3ABarnsley U3A
Year started2014-18
Source of referenceYorkshire & Humberside website
OutputThe War Memorials Project Group hold remembrance services for each man on the 100th anniversary of their death, the group also invite any living relatives to the ceremony that they have been able to trace. 
NotesBarnsley and District U3A War Memorials Group has won a Community Group of the Year 2018 award from Barnsley Borough Council.