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GEORGE HERBERT FARR
England
BORN HULL 29/05/1880. SON OF HENRY FARR (1852-1931) AND HANNAH MARY HARRISON (1851-1929), OF 12 MANCHESTER PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL AND GRIMSBY. SON OF A FISH WORKER. HE HAD ONE SURVIVING BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A COAL LIGHTERMAN.
MARRIED AT GRIMSBY, IN 1905. HUSBAND OF, MARY ELLEN PORTER AND FOUR SONS, LIVING AT 115, CHURCH STREET, GRIMSBY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. SERVED AS SECONG HAND ON HMS "SATELITE". DIED OF DISEASE, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 38. (NAVAL RECORDS).
HIS SON, GEORGE HERBERT FARR, A FISHERMAN, ENLISTED 14/08/1914, & SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12/121, 12TH EYR, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE..
North East Lincolnshire DN32 0BB
England
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