Micklegate Methodist Church, Pontefract

This memorial is in the foyer of the Micklegate Methodist Church, Pontefract, a church in the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit. It was rescued from the old church which was destroyed by fire in 1965. The ‘Tanshelf’ mentioned was a small Primitive Methodist Church in the town , described by the contributor as an ‘offshoot’ of Micklegate.

It reads: GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919

Cpl JL Harvey. J Walker

Gunr F Wilson W Boothman

Pte GE Spurr JW Paver

Pte EA Ogly SS Trueman

Pte E Moxon WS Heseltine

Pte GR Beaumont Pte C Turner

H Crabtree Pte E Garner

TW Crewe Pte D Leng

C Cotton Pte JW Lister

JH Heeley Drir GH Waller

Men of Pontefract and Tanshelf Prim Meth Church