This church was built in 1866, closed for worship in 1967, and was then a warehouse for a lighting company. After a major fire it was demolished in 1982. Attached to the organ was a cast-iron plaque dedicated to former scholars at the church’s Sunday school who had been killed in WW1.
That plaque has recently been located.
The 6 men commemorated were:
Alfred Ambler, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Willie Dean, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Charles Drake, son of Walter and Mary Ann Drake of School Green, and husband of Ada Drake of 50 Chapel Terrace, Allerton. Corporal, 21st Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery, #26449. Died 27 May 1918, aged 28 yrs. Remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France He is also remembered on Allerton and Daisy Hill War Memorial. (Updated 23 February 2023)
Edgar Harker, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Herbert Overend Harker, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Ellis Robinson, born 1888, son of Robert and Elizabeth Robinson, in Denholme, but later of 2 Pinch Beck. He was employed as a Worsted spinner in 1901. Private, West Yorkshire Regiment, (Prince of Wales’ Own), 12th Btn., #38503. Died 3 May 1917, aged 29. Commemorated at Bay 4, Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. (updated 24 February, 2023)
Page updated 217 October 2023.
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