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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Sgt. Henry Fardoe
British Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Willenhall, Staffordshire
(d.1st Nov 1917)
Pte. Frank Farley
British Army 1st Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Little Haven Lane, Horsham, West Susserx
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Frank Farley was my paternal Grandfather. He enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment in Chichester. Precise details of his service were destroyed when military records were destroyed in London by enemy action in WW2. He was killed at Ypres on 4th October 1917 near a village called Broodseide.He has no marked grave as his remains were never found, but his name appears, with others from his regiment on the frieze at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Flanders.
Drv. John Cornelius Albert Farley
British Army 32nd Brigade, 27th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
(d.9th Nov 1914)
I don't know much about John Farley, only that he has no known grave and is listed on the Menin Gate. He joined the 27th Battery RFA on 13th of October 1914. He left a young wife and unborn son.
Pte. Peter Farman
British Army 1st Garrison Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:United Kingdom
(d.21st May 1916)
Private Farman was buried in the Kamptee Roman Catholic Cemetery in India, Grave 32.
Frederick Seymour Brabazon Farmar
New Zealand Defence Force
from:New Zealand
Pte. Arthur Farmer
British Army 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Brewood, Staffordshire
(d.28th Apr 1917)
Arthur Farmer was born in 1885 near Ludlow. He moved with the family to Wednesfield about 1900 and worked on a farm. He married in 1908 and moved to Brewood working as a wagoner on a farm. He had a young son and daughter when he went off to the Somme in summer 1916. He fought at Arras in April 1917. He died from his injuries at Etaples Military Hospital and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery.
Pte. Charles Rupert Farmer
British Army 3th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Winterbourne, Newbury
(d.10th Aug 1917)
Capt. Jack Farmer
Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery
Capt Farmer was the gun Captain at the Lighthouse Battery, at Heugh Battery on the 16th of December 1914 during the Bombardment of teh Hartlepools.The third shell from his gun scored a direct hit on the "Bulcher's" forebridge at a distance of some 4,000 yards.
1st Stwd. John Farmer
Royal Navy HMS Anchusa
from:Devon
(d.16th July 1918)
Jack Farmer was born in November 1890 in Plymouth, Devon. He had an elder brother - Frederick, who later married Esther Pearce. He also had a younger brother, Claude Melnott, and two sisters, Maggie, and Emily (and Winifred?). He married Olive, and they had a son called Donald.
HMS Anchusa was torpedoed by a German submarine off the north coast of Ireland on 16th July, 1918. The majority of the eighty officers, men and boys were lost. Jack is remembered on the War Memorial on Plymouth Hoe, and also on the Exminster War Memorial.
Lt. Reginald William Bartlett Farmer
Royal Australian Naval Reserve HMAS Torrens
from:Sydney, New South Wales
(d.9th Oct 1918)
Reginald Farmer was the Son of William and Clara Farmer, of Montrose, Musgrave St., Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales. He was 30 when he died of Pneumonia in the Military Hospital in Messina and is buried in the Messina Town Cemetery in Italy.
Pte. Valentine Farmer
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Liverpool
Pte. Walter Farmer
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Carhampton, Somerset
(d.4th Nov 1918)
Pte. William Thomas Farmer
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
(d.13th Aug 1915)
William Farmer was a member of the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. He died at the age of 18 aboard the Royal Edward on the way to Gallipoli, Turkey.
According to authors James Wise and Scott Baron, the Royal Edward's death toll was 935 and was high because the ship had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment. Since William never saw action in WWI, he did not receive a war medal for his service.
Pte. William George Farmer
British Army 3rd Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.20th July 1918)
Private William George Farmer, son of Joseph and Mary Farmer of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, husband of Rose Elizabeth Farmer, Corsham Road, Whitley, Melksham. Served with the 3rd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (service no. 8772),
He died on 20th July 1918 age 39 years and is buried in St. Andrews Churchyard, Ampthill. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Cpl. Arthur Charles Farnell
British Army 8th (Service) Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Wednesbury
(d.9th November 1916)
Pte. J. T. Farnell
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Pte. William Farnell
British Army 6th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.9th November 1916)
Private William Farnell, son of Charles Farnell of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, born and living in Ampthill, enlisted Bedford. Served with the 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment (service no. G/13340).
He was killed in action on 9th November 1916 age 34 years and is buried in Wailly Orchard Cemetery, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte. Albert Farnes
British Army 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Buxted
(d.8th Mar 1917)
Albert Farnes served with the 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and died on 8th March 1917.
Cooks Mate Arthur Charles Farnham
Royal Navy H.M.S. Invincible
from:West Coker
(d.31st May 1916)
Cpl Charles Farnham
British Army 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
(d.3rd April 1918)
Pte. J. Farnworth
British Army 9th Btn., C Coy. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Pte. Alaexander George "Jock" Farquhar MM and bar, MID.
British Army 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
My father Alaexander Farquhar joined the HLI as a Boy soldier and was proud of it`s history and passed that pride on to me. He was a Field signaller and scout and except for short periods when he was in hospital and once home on leave, he saw all the action from 14th August 1914.
I still have his medals,although the War and Victory ones are replacements. He married my mother during his Home leave and they eventually had two sons and a daughter.
During WW2 he served with distinction in the Home Guard. I remember his disgust when in the LDV in 1939 being taught to present arms with a broomstick! after 15 years service with a rifle regiment.
Maj. William Gordon Farquhar MID DSO.
Australian Imperial Force 3rd Field Coy Engineers
from:Australia
William Gordon Farquhar was born in Woongarra, Bundaberg, Queensland in 1889 to William Gordon and Margaret Wallace Farquhar. Prior to enlisting, he spent six years as a senior cadet and worked as a surveyor. Farquhar enlisted in Brisbane, Queensland on 18th August 1914 as a Sapper and was assigned to the 3rd Field Company Engineers where he was soon promoted to lance corporal.
He embarked for Egypt on 22nd September 1914 aboard HMAT Geelong. After training in Egypt, Farquhar served at Gallipoli with 3rd Field Company Engineers. He was promoted to sergeant on 15th May 1915. He was transferred in July 1915 to the 8th Field Company Engineers (at that time 5th Field Company Engineers) in Egypt. Farquhar was commissioned as a second Lieutenant on 26th July 1915. He returned to Gallipoli on 12th September, leading No. 3 Section at Quinn's Post, until the evacuation in December. Farquhar was promoted to lieutenant during this time. Between January and June 1916, the 8th Field Company Engineers trained in Egypt where Farquhar was promoted to captain on 14th March.
The unit embarked for France in June 1916. Farquhar was promoted to major on 21st March 1917 and took command of the 8th Field Company Engineers from 23rd March 1917. He was twice Mentioned in Despatches (December 1917 and December 1918) and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 1st January 1918 for his actions on the Somme and at Lagnicourt. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (Belgian) on 5th April 1919 "for continued gallant and devoted services under fire" and returned to Australia in February 1919 aboard HMAT Berrima.
Capt. Leslie Shaw Farquharson
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
from:London
(d.12th May 1915)
Capt Leslie Shaw Farquharson was Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots from 1911 to 1914. He was killed at the age of 31 during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. He was the only son of the Rev. Alexander and Mary Walker Farquharson of 41 Camden Square, London. Leslie is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
Rflmn. Aaron Farr
British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Aaron Farr was wounded at the Second Battle of Ypres and invalided out of service
Arthur James Farr
British Army 2nd Btn. Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Arthur Farr died in the Third Battle for Ypres.
Pte. George Edward Farr
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Saddleworth
(d.12th Oct 1917)
George Farr was my grandmother's cousin. He was born in Saddleworth in 1891. He was in 12th Battalion, Royal Scots having formerly served as private 4595, Manchester Regiment and 22175, Loyal North Lancashire Regimentt. He was killed in action on 12th October 1917 at Passchendaele and is buried at Tyne Cot.
Pte. Harry T. Farr
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.18th Oct 1916)
Harry Farr was executed for cowardice 18/10/1916 age 25 and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. His crime was "mis-behaving before the enemy in such a manner as to show cowardice". He simply refused to return to the trenches while suffering from "shell shock". After two years on the Western Front he was so badly affected that he spent five months in hospital. Despite this he was found guilty at the court-martial and executed in Northern France. Private Farr's widow, Gertie Batstone was informed of his death but learnt only later of the manner of it. Soon after, her war pension was stopped.
Gracie Harris, who was three years old when her father, Harry Farr, 25, was shot, was given the honour of unveiling the 10ft statue sculptured by Andy De Comyn. Mrs Harris, an 87-year-old widow from Harrow, north London, said: "1 am very proud and very grateful that now we have somewhere we can come and pay honour to those soldiers who I consider were wrongly executed. "Most were suffering from post traumatic stress, which today is recognised as an illness." Mrs Harris's father, a regular in the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force in November 1914. By May 1915 he had been admitted to hospital suffering from shell shock and was treated for the next five months. However, during the Somme offensive of 1916 he was ordered to take rations to the front line. As he approached amid the exploding shells that were falling on the trenches he refused to go forward. He was tried and found guilty of desertion at a court martial and sentenced to death. Mrs Harris did not find out until she was 40. "My mother was too ashamed to tell me but it explains a lot of things that made my mother very sad over the years."
Pte. Henry John Farr
British Army 1st Btn., B Coy. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Wootton Rivers, Marlborough
(d.23rd Sep 1915)
Rfmn. James William Farr
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Luton
James Farr was my maternal great Grandfather and an "Old Contemptible". James was born in 1884 and enlisted on 14th October,1902 into the 1st battalion of the Rifle Brigade. When the UK declared war on 5th August, the Brigade was stationed in Colchester and was initially held in reserve in England (to guard against a possible German invasion). With the invasion fears dispelled the Brigade embarked for Europe and landed in Le Harve on 23rd August 1914.
James and the Battalion were immediately committed to combat operations and fought in the battle of Le Catteau on the 26th August covering the retreat of the BEF from Mons. James was wounded in the arm during the battle and became one of over two thousand men who were captured by the advancing German forces and all within 3 days of arriving in France.
Unlike many of the Old Contemptibles in the BEF, James survived the war although his left arm was largely useless thereafter. James passed away in 1955.
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