The memorial was originally put in place to commemorate the fallen from the Great War 14/18, but additional parts were subsequently added after the Second World War which raised the height of the overall pillar.

The memorial has been renovated by Barnsley Council in the last two years. In 2012  a wooden frame was made on which the wreaths are positioned each remembrance day and they are locked in place all year round and removed by the Council the following October.

Council workmen also tidy the surrounding site ready for the remembrance service. The remembrance service held every year is conducted by local clergy from both Methodist and Anglican churches in the joint villages of Mapplewell and Staincross.

A long standing member of the Royal British Legion lays the wreath for the Legion and read the Exhortation.

The memorial service is always well attended.

George Allott
Douglas Baddeley
Stuart N Ballis
Arthur Bateman
Harold Bellin
John H Coyle
Stuart N Bailes
Harry Hart
William Hine
James R Jackson
Eric Leach
Harry Lockwood
Lionel Longbottom

Additional Details

Norman Coatesworth
Norman Flower
Frank Green
William Haigh
Leslie Howard
Herbert R Howard
George Ledger
Clarence H T Mallinson
Roy Milner
Stanley Milner
Ben Naylor
John Parker
Leslie truelove Butler

James E Poulter
Alec Street
Donald P Turner
Stenton Ward
Eric Walker
Richard Wilby

George  Allott (PO/22532)
Royal Navy – H.M.S. Hood
24 May 1941, aged 34
Son of Fred and Mary Allot; husband of Gladys Winifred Allot, of Bitterne, Southampton.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Douglas Hiram Baddeley (814205)
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary  Air Force)
26 June 1942, aged 25
Son of Herbert and Mabel Baddeley, of Dalton, Huddersfield.
Kiel War Cemetery

Stuart N Ballis
(mis-spelling in memorial, corrected below)

Arthur Fred Donald Bateman (4693572)
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry – 1/4th Bn
3 September 1944, aged 24
Son of Harry and Edith Bateman, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
St Aubin-Routot Churchyard

Harold Bellin (1065217)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
8 December 1942, aged 28
Son of William Abraham and Florence Annie Bellin, of Woolley; husband of Dorothy Irene Bellin, of Mapplewell.
Darton (All Saints) Churchyard

John Henry Coyle (1905075)
Royal Engineers – 161 Rly Constr Coy
2 July 1944, aged 26
Son of John Thomas Coyle and Elizabeth Coyle, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Cassino War Cemetery

Stuart Neil Bailes (946609)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 148 Sqdn
30 October 1941
Alamein Memorial

Norman Coatesworth (953084)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 110 Sqdn
27 December 1941, aged 25
Son of Benjamin and Nora Coatesworth, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Runnymede Memorial

Norman Flower (1081246)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
26 May 1945, aged 27
Son of George and Annie Flower; husband of Iris Flower, of Overton, Yorkshire, England.
Port Elizabeth (South End) Cemetery

Frank Green (402745)
Royal Armoured Corps – Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
30 July 1944, aged 33
Son of John and Hannah Green, of Cudworth, Yorkshire.
Ranville War Cemetery

William Haigh (878433)
Grenadier Guards – 3rd Bn.
21 December 1944
Santerno Valley War Cemetery

Leslie Harrison Howard (2660862)
Coldstream Guards – 3rd Bn.
28 June 1944, aged 28
Son of Herbert and Eliza Howard; husband of Kathleen Howard, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
Foiano Della Chiana War Cemetery

Herbert Reginald Howard
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve – H.M.S. Avenger
4 May 1942, aged 28
Lee-On-Solent Memorial

Harry Hart
No details known

William Hine (1078909)
Royal Artillery – 28 Field Regt
8 September 1944, aged 28
Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, Kolkata

James Reginald Jackson (797570)
Royal Artillery – 27 Bty, 2 AA Regt
6 March 1944, aged 31
Son of John Ernest and Harriet Ann Jackson, of Darton; husband of Ida Jackson, of Mapplewell.
Darton (All Saints) Churchyard

Eric Leach (T/196602)
Royal Army Service Corps – 511 Gen Transport Coy
7 June 1944, aged 30
Son of Arnold Hanby Leach and Alice Leach, of Mapplewell, Yorkshire; husband of Nancy Leach, of Mapplewell.
Hermanville War Cemetery

Alec Street (972854)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16 February 1945
Singapore Memorial

Harry Lockwood (999798)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7 February 1945, aged 48
Son of James and Mary Lockwood; husband of Mary Lockwood, of Staincross.
Staincross (St John) Church Burial Ground

Lionel Longbottom (259316)
Royal Engineers
14 October 1943, aged 28
Son of Lionel and Alice Longbottom; husband of Marjorie Cathrick Longbottom, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Tripoli War Cemetery

George Ledger (T/97889)
Royal Army Service Corps – 4 Div Petrol Coy
27 May 1940, aged 21
Son of John Alfred and Ada Lena Ledger, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Hondschoote Communal Cemetery

Clarence Herman Mallinson (C/JX 278178)
Royal Navy – H.M.S. Avenger
15 November 1942, aged 34
Husband of Lilian Ivy Mallinson, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
Chatham Naval Memorial

Roy Milner (14391759)
Royal Engineers – 26 Assault Sqn
18 July 1944, aged 21
Son of Horace and Edna Milner, of Mapplewell, Yorkshire.
Ranville War Cemetery

Stanley Milner (3131433)
Royal Scots Fusiliers – 2nd Bn
10 May 1940, aged 17
Son of Sydney and Katherine Milner, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Bus House Cemetery

Ben Naylor (1624128)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 37 Sqdn
21 July 1944, aged 20
Son of Arthur and Ellen Naylor, of Mapplewell, Yorkshire.
Malta Memorial

John Sykes Parker (7691848)
Corps Of Military Police
17 March 1944, aged 33
Son of John Henry and Clara Louisa Parker; husband of Dorothy Parker, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio

Arthur Leslie True-love Butler (1892533)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 84 O.T.U.
27 January 1944, aged 20
Son of Benjamin and Ada Evelyn Butler, of Lupset, Wakefield
Staincross (St John) Church Burial Ground

James Leeman Poulter (1534581)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 90 Sqdn
26 May 1943, aged 21
Son of Arthur and Martha Alice Poulter, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Runnymede Memorial

Donald Stuart Turner (131600)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve – 101 Sqdn
23 September 1943, aged 20
Son of Hubert and Edith Turner, of Mapplewell, Yorkshire.
Choloy War Cemetery

Stenton Ward (614781)
Royal Air Force
29/10/1941, aged 20
Son of Thomas William and Blanche Ward, of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.
Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery

Eric Walker (P/KX 115621)
Royal Navy – H.M.S. Vortigern
15 March 1942, aged 20
Son of Fred and Winifred Walker, of Mapplewell, Yorkshire.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Richard Henry Wilby (C/JX 357224)
Royal Navy – HMLCH 275
7 June 1944, aged 20
Son of George Alfred and Edith Wilby, of Staincross, Yorkshire.
Chatham Naval Memorial