Name
Percy (R in some records) Farr
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/07/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Trooper
106008
Hertfordshire Yeomanry
1st/1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
XX. M. 7.
Iraq
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ashwell Village Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell,
Hertfordshire Yeomanry Memorial, St Albans Cathedral
Pre War
Percy was the second son of Mr and Mrs Harry Farr, Hitchin. Resident Leicester. Enlisted and trained at Hertford.
Wartime Service
He joined the army in November 1915 and after the completion of his training was posted to the Middle East in October 1916. Percy died on the 11th July 1917 in Mesopotamia as a result of the effects of sunstroke and was one of three brothers who were to lose their lives during the war.
The Hertfordshire Express reports on the 28th of July 1917 that official news has been received from the War Office that Trooper Percy Farr succumbed to heat stroke on the 11th of July in Mesopotamia. The article describes him as having "a fine physique, and being of a bright and cheery disposition was a general favourite with all his comrades, and will be much missed."
Additional Information
Percy was a nephew of Mr. & Mrs. Mole of West End, Ashwell and was brought up by the couple from a very early age. At the time of his death his widowed mother lived in Leicester.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Gareth Hughes, Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
