Basic Details
Surname
Farrar
Forenames
Albert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, to Bertha Mary, and they had two children. He was a Deacon at his local church and the former manager of the Drapery Department of The Strand Co-Op branch in Todmorden: he also had his own drapery business in Brook St run by his wife. He enlisted in January 1918 and was killed by a stray shell landing in the yard of his billet. is also commemorated on IWM 2224, 2647 and 2648.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Bertrancourt
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
14
Age at death
36
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action