Private 37088 Eric Friar

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) - 1st/4th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 17th of June 1918 (Monday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimille - I. A. 26.

Census details:
1901 - 2 years old Eric is living at Rainford Road, St Helens with parents John (37), Elizabeth A (29) and four siblings: Joseph T (9), Samuel (5), Mary E (4), Wilfred (2 Mths). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy Eric living at 232 Windleshaw Road, St Helens with parents John (46), Elizabeth Alice (40) and eight siblings: Joseph Thomas (19), William (18), Samuel (16), Mary Elizabeth (14), Wilfred (10), Doris May (8), William Stanley (3), Lillian (1). AVL 1918: 232 Windleshaw Road

[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/E_Friar_KORL.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Eric Friar at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille (Photo courtesy of Margaret Dufay)[/caption]