FARRAR John Dennington

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Dennington 
  • Surname:
    FARRAR
  • Service Number:
    72327
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    29th May 1940
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Dunkirk Memorial, France, Column 57.
  • Place of Birth:
    Suffolk, resident Lincolnshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the Reverend Eric Maurice Farrar, M.A., and Alice Morton Farrar, of Salmonby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire

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FARRAR John Dennington Is Named On These Memorials

Aston Fields War Memorial
Crown East St Thomas’s Church WW2 Roll of Honour

Further Information About FARRAR John Dennington

The birth of John D. Farrar is registered in the December Quarter 1912 under the Hartismere Registration District, mother’s maiden name: Clark.

1939 Register:
Dene Croft, Bucklow
John D. Farrar, born 10th Feb 1910, Cotton Merchant
Alice Farrar, born 1st Feb 1916, Unpaid Domestic Duty

Mentioned in Despatches
Captain J. D. Farrar was killed in action on the 29th May 1940 (age 30) whilst firing an anti-tank rifle at enemy tanks at close range.  At the time he was commanding ‘D’ Company, 8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment who were at West Cappel.

Source for Mentioned in Despatches:
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/a_mid_f.php

John Farrar has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Dunkirk Memorial.

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