Harold Faulder, 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
- Eldest son of Joseph Sewell Faulder & Emily Story
. My paternal Grandfather. - He returned from the United States (where he was working) to enlist via the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps.
- He initially served in England with the 3rd Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment.
- Later he served in France with the 14th Battalion of the same regiment (The 2nd Barnsley Pals), when he was acting commanding officer in the final weeks of its existence before it was disbanded.
- He was killed in action near Ypres four days after joining the 1/4th battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment and has no known grave.
- He was mentioned in despatches twice, but details are currently unknown.
- There is some dispute over his rank at his death.
- His only child, my father, was born 10 weeks after his death.
The Life of Harold Faulder (large file!)
The Final Hours of the life of Harold Faulder
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
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Cross-posting of a comment on the home page:
Of passing interest – I have an 18pr shell case engraved:
Ypres
July 1915
S C Brierly
The name ‘S C Brierly’ is engraved in his handwriting which matches that on his letter to Marjorie Fell Faulder
[[ to realise the significance of this comment see pages 49/50 of the large file attached to this post ]]
Comment by Grant Gibson — 2 January, 2013
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