Name
Harold Lunn Ferrier Austin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/01/1916
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Worcestershire Regiment
12th attached 9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
XI. A. 3.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
St Mary’s Church, Storrington, West Sussex
Pre War
Born on 21 May 1881 in Kew, London son of Major Walter Ferrier and Agnes Janet (Northcott) Austin. Educated at Haileybury College 1895-1899. Applied for The Royal Military College, Sandhurst but failed his eyesight test. Went into business in Valparaiso, Chile and married Margaret Eve Llewellyn of 5 Alexandra Road, Walmer, Kent in Concepcion, Chile on 7 Dec 1910.
Wartime Service
Returned to England on the outbreak of WW1 and obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 12th Worcestershires on 2 Dec 1914. Arrived in the Dardanelles in Sep 1915 and was killed in action at the evacuation at Cape Helles.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
