Yarrow  
Alfred Yarrow
1916-1943
Grandparents:
Henry Dewsbury b. 1846
Hannah Saberton b.1851
 
Parents:
Laura Dewsbury b.1885 d.1972
unknown
 
 
Alfred Yarrow was born in 1916 to Mrs. Laura Yarrow (nee Dewsbury) but he was not the son of her husband, who was away fighting in the First World War.

Alfred was brought up as Owen and Laura Yarrow's son.  The identity of his father remains a mystery.

He enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment as Private 5835326 to fight in the Second World War.  He died in captivity and was buried in Thailand.

He is listed on the following website along with his surrogate father, Owen Yarrow, who died during the First World War. www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/LittleThetford.html

 
       
 
 
Born:
1916, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.
    Died: Sunday 27th June 1943, aged 23, in captivity.
  Buried: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.