Of 123, Ellesmere Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1914. Formerly 18099, 6th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Shot through the lung in 1915 and spent 3 months in hospital in Malta and a further 2 years in England. Returned to France in May 1918 with the King’s Liverpool Regiment. Killed by gunshots to the head. Memorial in Farnworth Cemetery.
Lancaster, Fred –
Personal details
- Surname: Lancaster
- Forename: Fred
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Accrington, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 25
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 28th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 12th (East Anglian) (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 57448
- Regiment: Suffolk Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth (St. John the Evangelist) C.E. Church WWI Memorial
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- CWGC Memorial: Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: XXI. H. 15.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 08/11/1918 27/12/1918