Exciting! wayne bywater, a member of the 'Barnsley’s History - The Great War' Facebook group, has found Barnsley-born man, Herbert Bethell on the war memorial in St Barnabas in Derby, exactly where I had hoped he'd be. See this blog post from last August. barnsleyhistorian.blogspot.com/2021/08/why-is…

A reminder for everyone living with #fatigue: Don't always give 100%. If you do, you will burn out. Stopping when you still have a bit of energy left isn't a failure - it's a massive achievement that will help you build a better tomorrow. Book from stickmancommunications.co.uk/product/the-po…

Stepping back and making decisions about what to do and not do makes so much difference to my symptom levels AND my productivity! #Pacing #SelfManagement Poster from stickmancommunications.co.uk/.../activity..…

New blog post. Why was Barnsley born #FWW soldier Alfred William Scorsby commemorated in South Elmsall, 12 miles away? barnsleysoldiersww1.blogspot.com/2022/03/alfred… I got so engrossed that I bought a 1921 census image for this family ... note to self #expensiveslipperyslope Must resist!

Updated post. Andrew Riddiough Pickering died of wounds in 1918 #FWW. Not remembered on a memorial in Barnsley despite being born and living here. Was it because all his close family predeceased him? Or because his widow remarried within two years? barnsleysoldiersww1.blogspot.com/2014/02/andrew…

The research for my PhD has enabled me to solve a long standing puzzle. Who was John Andrews on the Brampton Bierlow Parish Hall Roll of Honour? commemorationremembrance.blogspot.com/2022/03/resear… The Doctoral College #wlvpgr Barnsley Archives & Local Studies Rotherham Museums, Arts and Heritage

wayne bywater This - livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/38833 (contributed by Linda Hutton) - states he is not on Commonwealth War Graves database as he was discharged through injury in 1917. As Linda states, the inscription would suggest that "his family certainly thought his wounds had contributed to his death"

A happy moment today when I found a Barnsley born man, who served in the Tank Corps #FWW, who is not remembered on a war memorial in Barnsley, is remembered in Sheffield. More details and some pictures on our Barnsley Facebook Group (public). #wlvpgr facebook.com/groups/4257203…

Just curious .... we are knocking these old tiles off our kitchen wall. What can you see in the pattern? I think the kitchen was last decorated in the 1970s.

If a war memorial with these names on it turns up in an antique shop or car boot sale please take a photo for me. I've just heard that the Chapel near Barnsley where I thought it had been relocated has been demolished. #FWW barnsleywarmemorials.org.uk/2014/03/barugh…

Downloaded 4 open access books from Beyond Commemoration: Community, Collaboration and Legacies of the First World War, voicesofwarandpeace.org and ordered another 'The Brave Remembered: Battle at War 1914-1919' from battlehistorysociety.com Thanks to BALH for the articles.

Does having a day on the sofa catching up with a pile of history society journals and magazines count as PhD work? Already found some resources & the sense of achievement reducing the 'to read' pile is immense.

I have been working on my research while the builders have been 'snagging' all day. It has been very productive! I think I found a new name for the Hoyland war memorial! barnsleywarmemorials.org.uk/2013/11/hoylan…

#OnThisDay in 1838 the Huskar Pit disaster killed 26 children. Four years ago I supported the #Huskar180 project to mark the 180th anniversary. This is one of the events at the memorial in Nabs Wood, Silkstone Common.

Happy to discover that one of my 'Absent from Commemoration' #FWW soldiers IS actually named on a memorial in the #Barnsley area The Doctoral College #wlvpgr The Roll of Honour was erected before he was killed & not updated. commemorationremembrance.blogspot.com/2022/07/plucky…

For a change, I researched two #FWW soldiers who came home. One of the members of my "Barnsley's History - The Great War" Facebook group posted a picture of an ID tag, and it went from there. barnsleysoldiersww1.blogspot.com/2022/07/resear…

Arrived this morning. Saw a recommendation recently and thought 'Why not?'. Glad I did as it's a complete change to hours of 'head in documents' research, putting the feelings and emotions back into what had become a bit routine. Thank you.

Last week I visited Barnsley Archives & Local Studies for research for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Their recently catalogued Nonconformist collection has yielded several #FWW war memorials new to me, and solved some of my 'Absent' men. Here is an example. barnsleywarmemorials.org.uk/2022/09/barnsl…

Attended 'online' and successfully presented my first conference paper (as a PhD student, I have given many talks, presentations and papers in the past TBH).

My second online talk in the last few weeks. I wish there were more hybrid and online conferences - I found them so helpful during the pandemic.