Sedbergh Circuit

The eleven men from the Sedbergh Wesleyan Methodist Circuit are commemorated by a plaque in Sedbergh Methodist Church, which can be viewed here.

They were:

Pte. William Eglin Armer                      16854          7^th Bn. Border Regt.

Sapper Fred Bushby                               126586       Royal Engineers

Pte. Stephen E. Handley                       32404         2^nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regt.

Sapper Thomas E. Haresnape          126586        Royal Engineers

Pte. William Mason                                64347           5^th Bn.King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Pte. George Middleton                         4863             4^th Australian Pioneers

Pte. John Nelson                                      335947       Royal Scots

Lance Corporal Walter Sanderson 267267       Duke of Wellington’s Regt.

Pte. Robert Edward Seddon              23277            11^th Bn. Border Regt.

Pte. John Winn                                          [30972]          16^th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers

Pte. Richard Winn                                    28837           West Riding Regt.

The Circuit is in the north Pennines, and consisted of a number of small chapels:

Sedbergh, Dent, Dent Head, Garsdale, Garsdale Foot, Grisedale, Cautley, Fell End, Frostrow.