Basic Details
Surname
Farrar
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was the church caretaker and worked as a weaver before enlisting in July 1916. The brother of Arthur, also commemorated on this memorial, although they lived on the same street, Dewsbury Street, as James of the same surname who is also commemorated on this memorial, Hornshaw and Fowler could find no evidence they were related.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Arras
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Roclincourt
Cemetery
Roclincourt Valley British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action