Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: 'Alfred Ambler, born in the 4th quarter of 1896, son of George and Sarah Ann Ambler, of 449 Thornton Road, Thornton. In the 1901 census, Alfred was aged 4, and lived with his parents and siblings at Squirrel Hill Farm, where his father was a farmer and butcher. In the 1911 Census he was aged 14 and was a Doffer (Worsted Spinning) at Mark Dawson’s at Prospect Mill, and the family had moved to 29 New Road Side, (equivalent to 383 Thornton Road in Thornton, on one side of the Conservative Club) where his father was a butcher. Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 1st/6th Bn., #18359. Died 12 October 1918, aged 21. Grave reference III D 6, Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, Nord, France. Also remembered on the grave of George Ambler in Thornton Cemetery.'