Editing Wetherby (section)

===20th century===
[[File:Wetherby War Memorial (1).jpg|thumb|The War Memorial, situated on the bridge in Wetherby]]
During the [[First World War]], many Wetherby men served with either the 5th or 9th Battalion, [[West Yorkshire Regiment]], which had great losses in [[Flanders]]. A war memorial designed by E.&nbsp;F. Roslyn was dedicated on 22 April 1922.<ref name="wol" />

In 1918, residents contributed to support the crew of the {{sclass2|Racecourse|minesweeper|1}} [[Racecourse-class minesweeper#Improved Racecourse type|HMS ''Wetherby'']] despite hardship and shortages caused by the war.<ref name="wol" />

During the [[World War II|Second World War]], nearby [[RAF Tockwith]] was renamed [[RAF Marston Moor]] to avoid confusion with [[RAF Topcliffe]]. Part of the airfield is now a driver training centre and the old control tower is used as the offices. Parts of the runways can still be seen.<ref name="wol" /> [[Clark Gable]] was stationed at Marston Moor, during the Second World War, as a member of the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] ground staff, with the rank of captain. He was transferred to [[RAF Polebrook]] in Northamptonshire. [[Adolf Hitler]] offered a reward to anyone who was able to catch the airman.<ref name="wol" /> [[Group Captain]] [[Leonard Cheshire]] was stationed at Marston Moor for a short while before leaving to become commander of the [[617 Squadron|617 Dam Buster squadron]].<ref name="wol" />

Wetherby had the only [[stone frigate]] north of London, built on ''Hallfield Lane'' in 1942 (it later became the local secondary school), named in turn; HMS ''Cabot'', ''Demetrius'', ''Rodney'' and ''Ceres''. The base was closed in 1958 and transferred to [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]].<ref name="wol" />

Throughout the 1960s, the town council deliberated over how best to enlarge the town centre to cope with the needs of a growing population and to provide the town with a purpose built supermarket. Plans were put forward to enlarge the town over the [[ings]], or to develop the town centre into a pedestrian precinct. In the end, it was decided to build a purpose built [[Shopping mall|shopping precinct]], which was built in the 1970s and underwent a significant redevelopment throughout 2003. By 2006, the remaining open parts of the Horsefair Centre were enclosed under a glass canopy roof.{{citation needed|date=June 2013|reason=see Leeds City Library}}