Basic Details
Surname
Elmslie
Forenames
William Thorburn
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Elmslie
Alternative forename
William T
Served or died
Died
Honours
MA
Notes
Elmslie and James were two of ten people who died at Church House (the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church of England, in Tavistock Square, London), when the building was destroyed by a V2 rocket on 9th February 1945. William Thorburn Elmslie was the General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of England. He studied at Westminster from 1920-1924, and was then ordained to ministry at Haverton Hill on Teeside. In 1931 he was called to Cavendish Road, Leeds; and was called to be General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of England in 1935. Lived 12 Newton Grove, Bedford Park Chiswick, Middlesex. Husband of Mairi M. Elmslie.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
London
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
London
Cemetery
St Pancras Metropolitan Cemetery
Year of death
1945
Month of death
February
Day of death
9
Age at death
50
Manner of death reference
Other