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Foster Lindley died 5 September 1916 and is buried in Varennes Military Cemetery in France and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. He was 29. Claude Scott died on 13 November 1916 and is buried in Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps in France and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. He was 34 Frank Marcus Lindley died on 30 July 1917 and is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery in Belgium and commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. He was 19.

BARNSLEY CHRONICLE 22 JULY 1916 Known At: 22nd July 1916 Private G. W. Heptinstall, Royal Scottish Fusiliers, has succumbed to wounds received on the battlefield on France on July 3rd. The deceased, who was 20 years of age last February, was wounded at Loos on September 25th 1915. His death took place at No.5 Clearing Station, France. Private Heptinstall was a well-known Barnsley lad. Prior to joining the Forces he worked as a miner at Rockingham Colliery, and as a boy he attended the Baptist Chapel, but latterly worshipped at St Peter's Church. His home was at 46, Commercial Street, Barnsley. From livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5285263

Trooper John (Jock) Gibbons was killed with Corporal Terry Williams by a bomb whilst on foot patrol at Moybane near Crossmaglen, Co Armagh at the height of the troubles.The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 until it was disbanded in 1993. It was formed in 1922 in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) and the 21st Lancers (Empress of India’s).