Wharf,+Fred

Fred Wharf

Fred was born in Haworth in 1892. His parents were Robert ( born 1864 ) and Sarah Wharf.

He was Private 56468 and survived the war.

Fred enlisted on the same day as Sam Foster( Private 56469) and Harry Bolton ( Private 56467) and all three were members of the local St. Johns Ambulance Brigade. They all served in the Royal Army Medical Corps- serving together for at least a year -during initial training in York and in Malta Hospitals.

It is believed he married Lois Whitaker in 1924 and they had a daughter Christine, born in 1927.