Basic Details
Surname
Farrer
Forenames
L
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Lawrence
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He worked as a miner in a pit in Huddersfield before he enlisted in August 1914. He served in France and then Salonika where he died of Spanish Flu. This was the only Calderdale memorial they found him commemorated on.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
RFA
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Dvr
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Field Artillery
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Driver
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Greece
Town of death
Salonika
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
26
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease