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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Gnr. Francis Emlyn Larder
British Army C Bty, 232nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Sheffield
(d.30th Mar 1918)
Francis Larder was born in 1898, to Francis and Mary Ann. Francis was a gardener when he and Mary Ann Larder (nee Hardy) married in 1881. There was a previous marriage, but his first wife had died, leaving two children. Francis and Mary Ann had twin girls who were born and died in 1882. They went on to have three sons, Francis, who was born in Walkley was their youngest. By the 1901 census the family was living at 32 Stafford Street and Francis was employed as a domestic coachman. He died when Francis was just four years old.
Francis served in C Battery, 232nd Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. He died on the 30th of March 1918 and is buried at Guise (La Desolation) French National Cemetery at Flavigny-Le-Petit. The inscription reads "The dearly loved son of F. & M.A. Larder Sheffield".
The gravestone at Fulwood containing his parents and some of his siblings has the inscription: "Also Francis E. Larder RFA, aged 20 killed in action, interred at Guise in France 21st of March 1918." By the time of Pte Francis Larder's death, his mother Mary Ann was living at 27 Hands Road, Crookesmoor.
In the Roll of Honour, in the Sheffield Daily Independent on 2nd of November 1918, "Larder F wounded and missing since March 21st, Gunner Frank Larder now officially reported died of wounds, a prisoner of war, the dearly loved son of Mrs M.A. Larder."
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