Service Details
Name:
 FARRAR
Given Name:
 JOHN HAROLD
Initials:
 J H
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Northamptonshire Regiment
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-04-09
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Aubar's Ridge
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 LG 17 February 1915 pg. 1665; 2nd MID LG 22 June 1915 pg. 5998
Additional
Information:
Son of Captain John Percy Farrar, D.S.O. and Mrs. Augusta Mary Farrar, of 110, Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London. Gazetted, June, 1906. His uncle George Herbert Farrar also died in service. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 28 to 30.

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