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Serjeant CHARLES FARRAR

Service Number: 637
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

I. I. 61.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Mary Louisa Farrar, of Thornton, Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription "I WILL SET HIM ON HIGH BECAUSE HE HATH KNOWN MY NAME"
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Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1220
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