Cemetery: Bethune Town Cemetery
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: Commanding 1st/4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment.
Country of Service: British
Details: Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in action at Locon near Givenchy 10th April 1918. Age 33. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Fairclough of Latchford Grange Warrington; husband of Nina Marion Harvey Fairclough (nee Sorell) of St. Cuthbert's Ledbury Herefordshire. Educated at Aston Hall and Harrow. Secretary and Director of Chas. Moore and Co. Ltd. Chemical Manufacturers Lymm Cheshire. Served in Territorial Force since 1905 promoted Capt. 1912 Mobilised with Regt. at outbreak of War. Twice previously wounded. III. J. 25.
Photograph by Op Tribute2 / Martin Harvey