BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN HENRY FARR (1847-1916) & MARGARET LYON (1849-1923), OF 11 SPENCER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A SHIP BUILD WORKER WHO WAS PARALYSED. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN BRIDLINGTON, AND WORKED AS A SHOP KEEPER. (1911 CENSUS).
HE MARRIED MINNIE CHATER, IN HULL, ON 10/09/1903. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN AND LIVED AT 13 VILLA TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL DOCK LABOURER.
ENLISTED AT PTE 2650, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS CORPORAL, 196341, LABOUR CORPS. DISCHARGED, ON 30/01/1919. DIED ON 25/04/1922, AGED 44.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED AS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/01/1917, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
HIS ADDRESS IS FROM 1918 ABSENT VOTERS. NO CWGC RECORDS.
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
196341
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
25/04/1922
Place died:
Tyne Cot, Belgium
Age:
44
