Outwood, Wakefield

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                                 [2/4^th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]

Pte. H.H. Doggett                               [1/4^th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers]

Sergt. H. Gibson                                  8^th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. George Harrod                           [12^th Bn. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]

Sergt. A.H. Hartley                             1/4^th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Lieut. A.R. Hartley                     1/6^th Bn South Staffordshire Regt.

Pte. Cyril Hartley                                3^rd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers

Pte. C.G. Howe                                     [Royal Army Service Corps]

Pte. E. Hewlett                                     1/4^th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. Gordon Jackson                        King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. H.G. Overend                               12^th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. J.T. Scaife                                      [1/5^th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]

Pte. H. Summerscales                      2^nd Bn King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. B. Tate                                            H.M.S. Warrior

Pte. C. Wainwright                            [9^th Bn.} King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. Fred Walton                                 Middlesex Regt.

Pte. [Frederick] Whitham               [9^th Bn.] King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Arthur Rowland Hartley was a student at Handsworth College before enlisting

Additional source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission