Walter Farrington
Details
| Forename | Walter |
|---|---|
| Surname | Farrington |
| Middle Name | |
| Memorial | Standish Cenotaph |
| Age | 22 |
| Address | 40 Bradley Lane, Worthington |
| Parents' Address | As above |
| Township | Standish |
| Rank | Private |
| Occupation or place of work | Pearson and Knowles, Coppull Collieries |
| Regiment | Lancashire Fusiliers- depot |
| Day of Death | 7 |
| Month of Death | July |
| Year of Death | 1916 |
| Cause of Death | Died of wounds, Netley Hospital |
| Place of Burial | St Wilfrid's Parish Church, Standish |
| Regiment Number | 14571 |
| Name of War | First World War |
| Location | |
| Additional Information | WO 5/8/16, WE 9/9/16 died of wounds CWGC, Ancestry Private 14671, Depot, Lancashire Fusiliers, 17th Bn. Wounded, died at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, brought home for burial (13 July 1916) - Register gives age as 21, address Platt Lane, Worthington Son of Edwin, 5 Hutton Street, Bradley CWGC stone in St Wilfrid’s churchyard:—below (H.13.920) St Wilfrid’s Magazine for August 1916 records his burial without comment or elaboration, and adds his name to the monthly ‘Roll of Honour’ Born 3 February 1895, Baptised St Anne, Shevington, 3 March 1895, son of Edward (sic) and Ann, Shevington, Miner Parents’ Marriage: St Wilfrid’s, 18 July 1891: Edwin, 20, labourer, father Lawrence, dec’d; Wagon builder; Ann, 20, father Peter Tickle, joiner Mother Ann, buried 1 October, 1904, age 33. Brother Edwin, buried June 1918, aged 18 |
