[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Chestnut

I just joined this community. This is one of the threads I noted before I joined. I'm not sure whether my great uncle William Farrington is in your file. He had moved to America with his mother, stepfather, and a brother in 1909. In early 1916 he went to Canada and joined the army (pictured beside a chair). On 19 August 1916 he died in a training accident and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. The cemetery website has two clippings from local Accrington newspapers which say that his brother Jeremiah Farrington who still lived in Accrington had been notified of his death. Jeremiah was a member of the Lancashire Constabulary from 1911 to 1916 (pictured in front of the stone monument).

Just been having another look at those two photo's, the 2nd one who you think is a bobbie stood in front of a monument, in the WW1 years the police station was situated in Union St, and there are no buildings or monuments of that scale anywhere in the Greater Accrington area I just wish the helmet plate was clearer, then I could identify where and who he served with. the other young lad has a R.F.A. cap badge.