Farr, William Stephen: Service no. 53908

Digitized Service Record

Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.

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Family Search: When Private William Stephen Farr was born on 24 July 1890, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Stephen Farr, was 28 and his mother, Mary Anne Hooper, was 31. He married Julia Louisa Pearce in 1919, in Corsham, Wiltshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 24, his occupation is listed as painter. He died in November 1965, at the age of 75.

QMS Champs, 18th Battalion
Fosses, Belgium

Rear:

54021 Norman Huck of Walkerton, Ontario enlisted 1th Battalion, Walkerton, 31 October 1914.

53470 Harry Stansfield of St. Thomas, Ontario enlisted 18th Battalion, St. Thomas, 2 November 1914.

Wallace

53908 William Stephen Farr of Galt enlisted with 18th Battalion, Galt, 23 October 1914.

Centre:

775918 Alfred William Brightwell of Brampton, Ontario enlisted 126th Battalion, Brampton, 1 March 1916.

54005 Herbert Cartwright of Walkerton enlisted 18th Battalion, Walkerton 30 October 1914.

Sheppard

Front:

53950 James Patient of Galt enlisted 18th Battalion, Galt, 23 October 1914.

53976 Thomas Wade of Galt enlisted 18th Battalion, Galt, 26 October 1914.

54220 Bertram Croome of RR #1 Science Hill, Ontario enlisted 18th Battalion, London,16 February 1915.

Boyd

53656 Robert Henry Brackstone of Aylmer, Ontario enlisted 18th Battalion, St. Thomas, 26 October 1914.

Source: Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory, and Popular Culture Research Collection – Western University. Via DM at Facebook.