Outwood St. John’s Wesleyan in Leeds Road is now Parkside Methodist Church, Wakefield, and a war memorial to the eighteen men of the church and school who gave their lives may be viewed at https://www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/topics-2/war_memorials/yorkshire-2/war_memorial
The men were
Pte. Edward Brown Canadians
Pte. S.H. Dobson [2/4th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
Pte. H.H. Doggett [1/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers]
Sergt. H. Gibson 8th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. George Harrod [12th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
Sergt. A.H. Hartley 1/4th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
2nd Lieut. A.R. Hartley 1/6th Bn South Staffordshire Regt.
Pte. Cyril Hartley 3rd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
Pte. C.G. Howe [Royal Army Service Corps]
Pte. E. Hewlett 1/4th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. Gordon Jackson King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. H.G. Overend 12th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. J.T. Scaife [1/5th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
Pte. H. Summerscales 2nd Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. B. Tate H.M.S. Warrior
Pte. C. Wainwright [9th Bn.} King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Pte. Fred Walton Middlesex Regt.
Pte. [Frederick] Whitham [9th Bn.] King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Arthur Rowland Hartley was a student at Handsworth College before enlisting
Additional source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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