FARRANDS H.

Henry Farrands 

Private 30787

1st/8th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)

Notts Free Press, 27th September 1918

Henry Farrand died on Wednesday 26 September 1917, aged 24, and was commemorated on the LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

He was born 8th February 1893, on Outram Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was the son of Edward Farrand, a Framework Knitter, and his wife Mary Ellen (formerly Handley). They were both natives of Sutton-in-Ashfield, and had married at St Mary's church, Sutton,  in November 1884.

Notts Free Press, 26th October 1917

Notts Free Press, 27th September 1918

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 27th September 1918

Farrand - In loving memory of Private Henry Farrand (Sutton), 2/8th Sherwood Foresters, who was killed in Action, September 26th 1917, aged 24 years. "Not our will, but Thine, O Lord, be done" - From Father, Brothers and Sisters.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

HENRY FARRANDS Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield 1/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 30787, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 26th Sept 1917.

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