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Private GEORGE PHIPPS FARTHING

Service Number: 43055
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 January 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

I. F. 73.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jane and the late Walter Frederick Farthing, late of 86, Mornington Rd., Leytonstone, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription OUR HAPPY SON FOR EVER BLEST IN THAT CALM HAVEN OF YOUR REST
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Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1220
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