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Sorting clerk and leather salesman |
John William Farndale
FAR00615
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Leeds
1886
John William Farndale, son
of John and Rose Farndale (FAR00424),
was born on 18 May 1886 (1939 Register).
1891
Census 1891 – Fenton Street, Leeds
John Farndale, 35,
monumental letter cutter, born Wakefield in 1856
Rose Farndale, 32, born
Derbyshire in 1859
Henry Farndale, son,
scholar, born Leeds in 1884
John William Farndale, 4, scholar, born Leeds in
1887
Ethel Margaret Farndale, 1,
born Leeds in 1890
Elizabeth M Matin, 21, a
tailoress, lodger
1901
Census 1901 – 140 Fenton Street, Leeds
John Farndale, 44,
architectural carver, born Wakefield in 1857
Rose Farndale, 41, born
Derbyshire in 1860
Henry Farndale, son, 17,
solicitor’s clerk, born Leeds in 1884
John W Farndale, 14, office boy litho, born Leeds in 1887
Ethel M Farndale, 11, born
Leeds in 1890
1911
Census 1911 – 140 Fenton Street, Leeds
John Farndale, 55,
monumental sculptor, born Wakefield in 1856
Rose Farndale, 52, born
Derbyshire in 1859
Henry Farndale, son, 27,
engineer’s draughtsman, born Leeds in 1884
John William Farndale, 25, sorting clerk,
born Leeds in 1886
Ethel Margaret Farndale, 21,
shorthand clerk, born Leeds in 1890
Leicester
1916
John W Farndale, married Dorothy Doris (“Doris”) Chamberlain,
on 21 April 1916 at Leicester District. (MR)
151907 Gunner John W Farndale
Service:
434th (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals
and decorations: Victory Medal, British War Medal
His
Descriptive
Report confirms his next of kin as his wife, Dorothy Doris Chamberlain of 22 Laurel Road, Leicester
who he had married at Leicester on 21 April 1916. They had a
daughter at the time, Pauline Margaret Farndale who was born at Leicester on 22
February 1917. He was 5 feet and 7.5 inches tall. His Medical
Form showed that he was a commercial traveller from Leeds.
His
Statement
of Services shows that he was attested on 21 February 1916 when he was
transferred to the Army Reserve. He was mobilised on 2 February 1917. He
arrived or was embarked on 5 April 1917.
However a service
record indicates that he was at Hull and Glen Parva, Leicester in April and
May 1917. The same form records his evacuation after a gas attack in September
1918.
1917
Pauline Margaret Farndale (FAR00839) was born in Leicester
on 22 February 1917 (military records).
1918
A
service
record suggests that he was on the casualty list as a result of being
wounded by a gas ‘B’ shell ‘sev’ (severe?). This
suggests he was admitted to Rouen on 16 September and later to the General
Hospital at Leicester on 22 September 1918.
From
an article about the use of gas in the First World War in the Leeds Mercury, 17 May 1915: ASPHYXIATING
GASES. WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO DISPERSE THEM. The use of poisonous gases by
the Germans in their latest offensive in the western area of the war will be no
surprise to those who know well the German character, or to those who have
studied the record of their disregard for all the humane rules and conventions
of war during the past nine months. That a nation, whose sovereign and rulers
have ignored solemn treaty obligations when it has suited their convenience to
do so, and have been responsible for the murder and pillage of the civilian
populations of Belgium and Poland should ignore Article 23 of The Hague
convention, which forbids the use of poisonous or asphyxiating gas in civilised
warfare, was only to be expected to, and the only surprising fact is that this
new barbarism of the military oligarchy in Germany was not brought into use
earlier in the war. Since the German defence is that the French and ourselves began this new style of warfare by using shells emitting
poisonous gases, it may well be as well to examine discharge, and to show how
far it is from the truth. Modern military explosives may be divided into two
classes, “low” explosives and “high” explosives. The
former used chiefly for propelling the shot or shell from the rifle or gun, the
latter for producing a shattering effect by detonation on striking the object
aimed at. Both classes of explosive contain sufficient oxygen to support the
combustion of the carbon and hydrogen constituents of the explosives and this
oxygen is present in the form of a nitrate, or of the number two group of
atoms. When the explosive detonates complete combustion should occur, and only carbon
dioxide gas, water in the full vapour, and nitrogen gas should be produced.
Under certain conditions of explosion, however, nitrous oxide another oxides of nitrogen are formed, and they these may be
regarded as poisonous gases. The basis used for the manufacture of high
explosives in this country are cellulose, carbolic acid, and toluol, this last
being a derivative of benrol. By acting on these
compounds with nitro acid one contains trinitre
cellulose, and ‘gun cotton’, tri nitro phenol or ‘picnic acid’ and tri nitro tuluol….
151907
Gunner Farndale, L Battery, was listed in the Hospital
Admission and Discharge registers at Catterick Military Hospital in 1917 –
1918 (bottom of second column).
Another
record suggests he was admitted on 9 September 1918. The record lists
previous inoculations.
Another
record indicates admission to the 5th General Hospital at Leicester
from 22 September to 8 October 1918 as a result of a
gas shell attack. He was transferred to the Military Hospital at Glen Parva at
Leicester from 9 to 29 October 1918 and then to the depot at Catterick from 5
November to 13 December 1918, ‘gassed’.
1919
He
was demobilised on 24
February 1919. His Statement
as to Disability at Shoreham by Sea confirmed that he did not claim any
disability as a result of his service. His address was 3 Albany Street,
Highfields, Leicester. He had first joined for duty at Ripon on 6 April 1917.
His
Identity
Certificate shows he was nevertheless A1 fit on dispersal on 27 January
1919 at Clipstone.
His
conduct sheet was certified with no entry.
1921
1921 Census –
Leicester
Denis James Chamberlain, 22,
tailor’s cutter
Janet Chamberlain, 19
John William Farndale,
brother in law, married, 35, leather salesman
with J Hardy Smith & Sons, Belgrave Gate, Leicester
Dorothy Doris Farndale, sister of
Denis. 27, home duties
Pauline Margaret Farndale, 4, born Leicester
1922
Leicester Evening
Mail, 2 March 1922: LEICESTER WOMEN UNIONISTS. At
the adjourned annual meeting of the Charswood Ward Women's
Unionist Association, the following officers were elected for the year... Honorary
Treasurer, Mrs Farndale...
1931
Michael A Farndale (FAR00916)
was born on 2 January 1931.
1939
1939 Register – 214 Scraptoft
Lane, Leicester
John W Farndale, born 18 May 1886, leather
salesman
Dorothy D Farndale, born 6
November 1893
Michael A Farndale, born 2
January 1931, at school
Caroline Peters
1954
John W Farndale died aged 68 in the second quarter
of 1954 at Leicester.
Leicester Daily Mercury,
21 June 1956: FARNDALE,
Jack. Treasured memories of a beloved husband and father,
passed away June 20, 1954 – Doris, Pauline and Michael.
Probate: FARNDALE John
William of 213 Scraptoft Lane Leicester died 29 June
1954 Probate Leicester 31 August to Dorothy Doris Farndale widow. Effects £2068
12s 2d.
1960
Jack’s wife
Doris died on 22 May 1960.
Leicester Mercury, 23 May
1960: Doris,
wife of the late John, and loving mother of Pauline and Michael, passed away
May 22, 1960, at 214, Scraptoft Lane. Funeral service
and Interment at Gilroes Cemetery on Wednesday at
3:30 pm.
