Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Fus. Eric Baden Powel Farthing

British Army 4th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

from:8 Stirling Street, Ipswich

(d.6th Sept 1944)

Eric Farthing died on the 6th of September 1944 in Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium He was in the 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, which landed at Normandy 27th of June 1944, and was engaged in securing the port of Antwerp. During severe enemy action in Brussels, Eric was mortally wounded on the 6th of September and was buried in Brussels Town cemetery, Eveer, cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves. He was son of John Hubert Baden Powell Farthing and Elizabeth Ellen Farthing, husband of Joyce Kathleen Farthing of Fulford, Yorkshire.



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