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Old 06-11-2008, 16:30   #15
jaysay
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Re: East lancs regiment?

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
Who was your Granddad who served in WW1, and lived in Ossy.

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Retlaw, he was called John James Farrer, after the war he had a property repairs business, his workshop was where the car park is now on Lord Street Ossy, next to the civic theatre, he was also a fireman, there is a photo of him with the other men in the service at the time, in the civic societies place opposite the civic theater. he died in 1934 he never really recovered from being gassed during the war
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