Herbert Farndale, son of Matthew, wearing Military Medal, served in Green Howards, West Yorks and then farmed at Craggs Hall

The Military Farndales

Serial

Number Rank and Name

Service

Detail

Medals/Buried

1.

101, Able Seaman Giles Farndale

29 June 1740 - 9 May 1741

Giles Farndale is shown in the Muster Book of HMS Experiment a brig with a compliment of 130 officers and men as impressed (ie Press-Ganged), on 29 June 1740, almost certainly at Whitby. He is present every day until 9th May 1741 when he is marked Discharged Dead. No circumstances are recorded which probably means that he died of sickness. The Captain was Captain Hughes. Giles Farndale joined her at ‘The Nore’ from where she sailed to the West Indies and was at Port Royal on 15th September 1740. From there she was either at sea, at Port Royal or at Cartagena. I have his will and more details about his family if you would like them?

At Sea, Port Royal, West Indies.

2.

Private John George Farndale

About 1853-56 in the Crimea in the 28th of Foot a Yorkshire Regiment.

 We are still trying to track down his service. We have a copy of part of a letter he wrote to his father from the Crimea. There is some evidence that he was in the Guards. He then went to Australia, then to Canada and married in Ontario. My father was in touch with his descendants and had his full life story, but none of us can get much as yet about his military service.

3.

83795 Private Alfred Farndale

Machine Gun Corps

My grandfather, born 5th July 1897, joined in 1916 served in France and Mespotamia. Discharged in 1920.

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Police Medal WW2

Died May 1989. Buried Wensley. Yorks

4.

104633 Gunner Albert E Farndale

Royal Garrison Artillery

Born 8 Dec 1894

Victory Medal British War Medal

Died Northallerton 17 Apr 1971

5.

2483 Private Charles E Farndale

Hertfordshire Regiment

15 Star with Clasp

6.

3/28913 Private Charles Farndale

Leicestershire Regiment & 19th London Regiment

Born Knaresborough 1888

Victory Medal

Died Ripon  16 Feb 1941.

7.

15/319 Private (later Lance Corporal) George Farndale

15th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own).

Born Guisborough 1888. Arrived in Egypt on 22 December 1915. 

Killed in Action on Thursday 3rd May 1917. Bay 4 Arras Memorial

Arras Memorial

The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels.

The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Commonwealth section of the FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity. The cemetery contains 2,651 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. In addition, there are 30 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German. During the Second World War, Arras was occupied by United Kingdom forces headquarters until the town was evacuated on 23 May 1940. Arras then remained in German hands until retaken by Commonwealth and Free French forces on 1 September 1944. The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves in the French military cemetery were removed after the First World War to other burial grounds and the land they had occupied was used for the construction of the Arras Memorial and Arras Flying Services Memorial. The ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. The ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force, either by attachment from other arms of the forces of the Commonwealth or by original enlistment, who were killed on the whole Western Front and who have no known grave. Both cemetery and memorial were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick.

No. of Identified Casualties: 34738

Victory Medal

British war Medal

15 Star

Buried Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

8.

19318 Private George Farndale

East Yorkshire Regiment

Born Whitby 1891. Arrived in the Balkans 12th November 1915

Victory medal

British medal

15 Star

Died Lancaster

15 May 1954

9.

89289 Lance Bombardier John Joseph Farndale

Royal Garrison Artillery

Enlisted:        4th December 1915

Discharged: 14th December 1918

10.

333852 Private George Farndale

Highland Light Infantry

A resident of Loftus, he enlisted at Whitby probably in the Green Howards and was then transferred to the HLI. He was killed in action on 27th May 1917 aged 26 while serving with the 1st/9th (Territorial Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry in 100th Infantry Brigade of 33rd Infantry Division in operations against the Hindenburg Line.

Died 27/05/1917 aged 26 serving with 9th (Glasgow Hds) Bn

Bay 8 Arras Memorial

Arras Memorial

The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels.

The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Commonwealth section of the FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity. The cemetery contains 2,651 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. In addition, there are 30 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German. During the Second World War, Arras was occupied by United Kingdom forces headquarters until the town was evacuated on 23 May 1940. Arras then remained in German hands until retaken by Commonwealth and Free French forces on 1 September 1944. The cemetery contains seven Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves in the French military cemetery were removed after the First World War to other burial grounds and the land they had occupied was used for the construction of the Arras Memorial and Arras Flying Services Memorial. The ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. The ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force, either by attachment from other arms of the forces of the Commonwealth or by original enlistment, who were killed on the whole Western Front and who have no known grave. Both cemetery and memorial were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, with sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick.

No. of Identified Casualties: 34738

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Buried Arras Memorial, son of John Farndale, 6 East street, Loftus Yorkshire.

11.

G1445 Lance Corporal George J Farndale (later Sergeant)

Royal Sussex Regiment

Went to France on 31 May 1915

Victory medal

British War Medal

15 Star

(Indication he may have won the MM)

12.

011374 Corporal George W Farndale

RAOC

Born Middlesborough 1897

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Died 21 August 1954

13.

4857 Sergeant Herbert Farndale

238221 2nd Lieutenant H Farndale

10th Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) & 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment.

Born Guisborough 12 April 1892 Won MM. My father knew him and we have many of his papers. He lived at Brotton

Military Medal

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Died Saltburn 23 June 1973

14.

8981 Private Harry Farndale

East London Regiment &  The Labour Corps

Born Stockport 1898.

Arrived in France 25th May 1915

Victory medal

British medal

15 Star

15.

204344 A/Sergeant Henry Farndale

Royal Field Artillery

Born Hartlepool 1889

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Died 1952

16.

2898 Private Herbert Farndale

Norfolk Yeomanry, then as 43302 in the Northern Regiment, then as 37425 in the Royal Berkshire Regiment

Victory medal

British medal

17.

19832 Private James Farndale

1st Devonshire Regiment, then as 35864 in the Wiltshire Regiment

Arrived in Egypt 9th October 1915

Victory medal

British medal

15 Star

18.

S/294809 Private John Farndale

Army Service Corps

Victory medal

British medal

19.

38005 A/Corporal John W Farndale

Lincolnshire Regiment, then as 29415 in the Labour Corps

Born Guisborough 1899

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Died 1970

20.

L/28839 Driver John W Farndale

Royal Field Artillery

Born Malton 1894

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Died 29 June 1954

21.

151907 Gunner John W Farndale

Royal Garrison Artillery

Born 1893

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Died 2 march 1973

22.

26042 Private John W Farndale

East Yorkshire Regiment, then as 570018 in the Labour Corps

Victory medal

British medal

23.

3758 & 201065 Private Richard Farndale

4th Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)

Enlisted at Redcar, and was living at Coatham. Died in France either from wounds, enemy shelling or sickness, on Monday 26th February 1917 aged 19 while serving with 150th Infantry Brigade of the 50th Northumbrian Division. Son of George and Mary Farndale of 6, High Street, Coatham, Redcar Yorkshire. His name is on a War Memorial at Coatham.

Died 26 February 1917, 4th Bn Yorkshire Regiment, aged 19, son of George and Mary Farndale of 6 High Street, Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire

La Neuville Communal Cemetary, Corbie, B81

La Neuville Communal Cemetary, Corbie

Somme

Corbie is a village 15 kilometres south-west of Albert and approximately 23 kilometres due east of Amiens. La Neuville Communal Cemetery is north of the village.

In April 1916, No 21 Casualty Clearing Station came to La Neuville and remained there throughout the 1916 Battles of the Somme, until March 1917. La Neuville British Cemetery was opened early in July 1916, but burials were also made in the communal cemetery. Most of them date from this period, but a few graves were added during the fighting on the Somme in 1918. The communal cemetery contains 186 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The graves form one long row on the eastern side of the cemetery.

No. of Identified Casualties: 186

Victory Medal

British War Medal

Buried at La Neuville Communal Cemetery, Corbie, Somme

24.

247529 T/Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Farndale

Army Service Corps

Victory medal

British medal

25.

016314 Private Joseph Farndale

Army Ordnance Corps

Victory medal

British medal

26.

44768 Private Robert Farndale

KOYLI, then as 426393 in the Labour Corps, then asG/30179 in the Royal Sussex Regiment

Born Harlepool 1877

Victory Medal

British War Medal

27 March 1872

27.

13/820 Lance Corporal William Farndale

Royal Engineers

Victory medal

British medal

28.

27364 Private William Farndale

East Yorkshire Regiment

Victory medal

British medal

29.

15271 Private (later Corporal) William Farndale

Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)

Arrived in France 27th August 1915

Victory medal

British medal

15 Star

Photograph and "Tim Farndale of Tidkinhowe" appears at http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/forkingcountry/page14.phtml

30.

436 and 403261 Private Will J Farndale

Royal Army Medical Corps

Victory medal

British medal

31.

1813 Private William Farndale

Royal Army Medical Corps

Arrived in the Balkans 16th August 1915

Victory medal

British medal

15 Star

32.

12035 Private William H Farndale

Royal Army Medical Corps, then as 53270 in the Lancashire Fusiliers

Arrived in France 12th September 1915

Victory medal

British medal

15 Star

33.

1824896 Bernard Farndale

RAF Reserve

Sergeant (Flight Engineer), Service No 1824896, died 30 August 1944 aged 25, Royal Air Force Reserve, 115 Squadron, buried Ove Churchyard, Son of Arthur Edwin and Mary Annie Farndale, of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, Commonwealth War Dead. Killed in action over Denmark.

OVE CHURCHYARD - Denmark, Ove is in Northern Jutland, 17 kilometres east of Hobro, near the north shore of the Mariager Fjord. Ove Churchyard contains the collective grave of seven Commonwealth airmen. From the entrance take the second path right , before church.

34.

Charles Farndale

13th/18th Hussars

35.

Raymond Farndale

Royal Newfoundland Artillery

Captain Raymond Farndale RCA - served at Normandy?

36.

Gordon Farndale

Royal Canadian Air Force

37.

Clarence Edward Farndale

Royal Canadian Navy

38.

4460826 Private James Farndale

2nd Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)

Died 16th March 1941 at Keren, Eritrea, aged 25, son of James and Margaret Farndale of Stockton-on-Tees.

Died aged 24 on 16 March 1941, son of James and Margaret Farndale of Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham

Memorial 3.A.3, Keren War Cemetery

Keren War Cemetary

Eritrea

The small town of Keren is about 90 kilometres west of Asmara. Keren War Cemetery is 2 kilometres west of the town. The site, on top of the famous Keren pass and overshadowed by Cameron's Ridge on the opposite side of the road, was presented by the Chief and the Community of Ad Hadembas, and an inscription recording this has been built into the cemetery wall.

Keren was the last Italian stronghold in Eritrea and the scene of the most decisive battle of the war in East Africa in February and March 1941. Guarding the entrance from the western plains to the Eritrean plateau, the only road passing through a deep gorge with precipitous and well fortified mountains on either side, Keren formed a perfect defensive position. On these heights the Italians concentrated some 23,000 riflemen, together with a large number of well sited guns and mortars. A preliminary assault by United Kingdom and Indian troops was repulsed after a week of bitter fighting, although they gained and held a valuable position on Cameron's Ridge, on the left of the road. The final battle began a month later. After ten days of gruelling combat the Commonwealth troops succeeded in forcing their way through the seemingly impregnable defences on the ridge and finally through the 200 metre long road block which the Italians had blasted at the narrowest point in the pass. Keren was taken on 27 March. The defeated Italian force retreated in some disarray to Asmara, which fell to Commonwealth forces on 1 April, and the Italian surrender was taken at the port of Massawa on 8 April. KEREN WAR CEMETERY contains 440 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 35 of them unidentified. The KEREN CREMATION MEMORIAL stands within the cemetery and commemorates 285 Sikh and Hindu soldiers from India and Pakistan killed on the Keren battlefield during the Second World War, whose remains were cremated in accordance with their faith. Three East African soldiers are also commemorated on the memorial.

No. of Identified Casualties: 405

Buried Keren War Cemetry, Eritrea.

39.

521789 Corporal Henry Stuart Farndale

Royal Air Force

Died 11th May 1945 aged 28

Corporal (Pilot under training).

Son of Henry and Grace Elizabeth Farndale of Roundhay, Leeds

Sec V Grave 265, Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetary

During the First World War, the major hospitals in Leeds were the 2nd Northern General with 1,800 beds and the East Leeds War Hospital with 1,900. Leeds was also one of the principal hospital centres in Yorkshire during the Second World War. Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery contains 138 burial of the First World War, 88 of them forming a war graves plot in Section W. As these graves could not be marked individually, the names of the dead are recorded on a screen wall. The rest of the First World War burials and all of the 67 Second World War burials are scattered throughout the cemetery. A further screen wall bears the names of 105 casualties of both wars buried in Leeds General Cemetery, where their graves could no longer be maintained. In all, there are now 222 First World War casualties and 91 from the Second World War commemorated in the cemetery.

The cemetery also contains Leeds (Lawns Wood) Crematorium, where there is a memorial to 94 Second World War casualties whose remains were cremated.

Could this be Directory Ref 832?

40.

William Farndale

Canadian Army, 28th Saskatchuan Regiment

Served in France where he was wounded from bayonet wounds. In 1918 he was back in Regina taking people to hospital when he contracted ‘flu from which he died. He was my uncle.

Buried Earles Grey, Saskatchuan 

41.

James Farndale

US Army, joined up in 1917

Went to France. Left the Army in 1919 and eventually became State Senator for Nevada. He was my uncle.

Died Las vegas

42.

James Elliot Farndale

US Army Air Corps 1914 -45

Served in Europe. He was son of James above.

Died Dallas Texas

43.

General Sir Martin Farndale KCB

Joined Indian Army 1946. Commissioned into RA October 1948 from RMA Sandhurst.

My father. Served Egypt, Germany, Malaya, N Ireland, South Arabia. Retired Jan 1988 as C-in-C British Army of the Rhine.

GS Medal, Malaya

GS Medal, NI

GS Medal S Arabi

Coronation Medal

CB

KCB

Canadian Medal

44.

522843 Major Richard Farndale

Commissioned into RA 1987 from RMA Sandhurst

Served Germany, UN Forces Cyprus 1990, First Gulf War 1991, With TA Scotland

UN Medal (UN Forces Cyprus)

Gulf War Medal