A Victorian orphanage choirboy, who hid a letter in a church pew asking not to be forgotten, went on to become a US naval hero, it has been revealed. Written in 1897 by 13-year-old William Elliott, the note was recently found by workmen renovating Sunderland’s former Holy Trinity Church. The choirboy, whose time at the nearby Sunderland Orphanage Asylum was drawing to an end, asked the finder to “ keep it, in remembrance of me, W Elliott.” Whoever you are that finds this paper, don’t tear it up
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2022-04-27 00:00:00.0