The church having closed, the window is now at New Central Methodist Church, Blackpool. Kenneth Riding Jack Topping John K. Owens Harry Minshull Joseph Brock Jack Sharp
Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) RIDING, KENNETH Service Number 995658 Died 29/01/1942 Aged 20 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of Ernest and Laura Riding, of Marton, Blackpool. Buried at MARTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCH BURIAL GROUND Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot 14. Grave 185. Stoker 1st Class TOPPING, JACK Service Number D/KX 105770 Died 10/11/1941 Aged 27 H.M.S. Orion, Royal Navy Son of Daniel and Ann Topping; husband of Kate Topping, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 53, Column 3. Trooper OWENS, JOHN KIMBERLEY Service Number 4192628 Died 10/06/1944 Aged 23 13th/18th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps Son of David John and Jessie Owens, of Blackpool; husband of Lena Owens. Buried at BLACKPOOL (CARLETON) CEMETERY Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. E. Grave 189. Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) MINSHULL, HARRY Service Number 1589262 Died 31/03/1945 Aged 20 161 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Son of William and Mary Jane Minshull, husband of Jose Lily Minshull, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried at ARENDAL HOGEDAL CEMETERY Cemetery/memorial reference: British Plot. 15. Joint grave 5. Sapper BROCK, JOSEPH ARTHUR Service Number 14545021 Died 05/01/1944 Aged 19 271 Field Coy. Royal Engineers Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. D. Brock, of Blackpool, Lancashire. Buried at CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Cemetery/memorial reference: III. A. 18. There is a J Sharp that was on HMS Hood, but he is placed at Shipley, Yorkshire. Confirmed Shipley address here: H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Roll of Honour, Memorial to Steward John Sebastian Sharp Not on the Blackpool War Memorial either: War Memorial - Blackpool, Blackpool, England Steward SHARP, JOHN SEBASTIAN Service Number P/LX 23538 Died 24/05/1941 Aged 22 H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy Son of John Sebastian and Eva May Sharp, of Shipley, Yorkshire.
The IWM war memorials site doesn't give a date for the unveiling of the window. Perhaps his daughter moved to Blackpool some time between her father dying and the creation of the window?
