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Great
Ayton
1890
William Farndale, son of William
(Master Joiner of Great Ayton) and Mary (nee Jackson) Farndale (FAR00309) was born at Great Ayton on 22 January 1890. His
birth was registered on 4 March 1890 at Stokesley District by William Farndale,
father (GRO
Vol 9d page 606).
1891
Census 1891 – Great
Ayton
William Farndale, 39, joiner
Mary Farndale, 39
Mary Farndale, 12, scholar
John J Farndale, 9, scholar
William Farndale, 1
1901
Census 1901 – High Street, Great Ayton
William Farndale, head; marr; age 69; joiner, born Gt Ayton, (ie
born 1832).
Mary Farndale, wife (2nd); marr;
age 49; born Great Ayton (ie born 1852).
Mary Farndale, daughter; age 22, born Great Ayton
(ie born 1879) (FAR00558).
John Joseph Farndale, 19, son, joiner (FAR00581).
William Farndale,
11, (born 1890) (FAR00639).
1911
Census 1911 – Hazel House, Great Ayton (5 rooms)
William Farndale, head; marr; age 80; retired joiner
and builder, born Gt Ayton, (ie born 1832).
Mary Farndale, wife (2nd); marr;
age 59; born Great Ayton (ie born 1852).
John Joseph Farndale, 29, son, joiner (house) (FAR00581).
William Farndale, 21, (born 1890), joiner
(house) (FAR00639).
1915
Military Record
131820 William Farndale, 25, from Great Ayton, served in 235th
Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. His religion was Church of England and
his next of kin was his mother, Mary Farndale.
His Medical
History Form shows he was a joiner, 5 feet and 10 inches tall, in good
physical development. His attestation shows he lived at Hazel House, Great
Ayton and was a joiner and carpenter.
His active
service record shows that he enlisted on 17 November 1915.
1917
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 4
March 1917. He was a carpenter by trade. A record on 3 February 1917 shows his
skill as a carpenter and joiner were superior.
His service
record shows that he was in England from 17 November 1915 to 8 March 1916;
with the BEF in France from 9 March 1916 to 28 July 1917, and then in England
from 29 July 1917 to 19 September 1918.
A further Active
Service Form shows that he was promoted to Corporal in March 1917 and was
wounded in a gas attack in April 1917 when he was transferred to England to 2
General Hospital.
He achieved the rank of Lance Corporal,
Royal Engineers Class ‘P’ AR. He enlisted on 17 November 1915 and was
discharged on 30 December 1918. The cause of discharge was Para 392 (xvia)(Gas psng).
His Medical
report shows that he was gassed with a disability originating on 12 July
1917, but he appears to have been ‘released for coal mining’. However a Memorandum from the Eastern Command Discharge
Centre to Chatham on 1 June 1918 said “This NCO having been placed in Grade
II (which is equivalent to Military Category Bi) by the Civilian Medical Board
at this Centre, he is not now eligible for transfer to the Army Reserve as a
Coal Miner. AFW 3980 has accordingly been returned to the War Office.”
Another Medical
report confirms he was gassed in 1917. A continuation
shows he suffered 20% disability. Consequently, he received a pension
for his gas disability. His symptoms were described in another form.
He was ‘less
than 20%’ disabled by the gas attack. His pension was renewed.
This was also confirmed in an Award
Sheet. Another document shows a weekly pension of 6 shillings from 20
September 1918 to be reviewed in 52 weeks. See also the Renewal
Sheet.
He achieved the Rank of Corporal.
1918
On 10 January 1918 he overstayed his
pass for 22 hours, but was admonished.
A record addressed to the Eastern
Command Discharge Centre at Sutton in Surrey on 16 September 1918 said “Owing to the Medical Authorities being extremely busy,
this NCO could not be Boarded until this day, and he has been directed to
report to you on the 17th instant.” Another record on that date at
Chatham certified William as free from contagious disease and fit to travel by
train.
He was transferred
to the reserve on 21 September 1918.
Medals and decorations: Victory Medal,
British Medal.
1919
Silver Badge Roll 11 November 1919.
The Silver War Badge was
awarded to most servicemen and women who were discharged from military service
during the First World War, whether or not they had
served overseas. Expiry of a normal term of engagement did not count and the
most common reason for award of the badge was King’s Regulations Paragraph 392
(xvi), meaning they had been released on account of being permanently
physically unfit. This was as often a result of sickness, disease or uncovered
physical weakness and war wounds. Soldiers discharged during the war because of
disabilities they sustained after they had served overseas in a theatre of
operations (an area where there was active fighting) could also receive a
King’s Certificate. Entitlement to the Silver War Badge did not necessarily entitle
a man to the award of a King’s Certificate, but those awarded a Certificate
would have been entitled to the Badge.
392 (xvi) No longer
physically fit for was service – (a) During a period of war or demobilisation –
(i) If the soldier is a patient in hospital; (ii) if
the soldier is not a patient in hospital. A soldier found medically unfit for
further service by an authorised Medical Board, irrespective of his length of
service, ie unfit for any medical category required
in the army, will be discharged under this heading. A soldier found medically
unfit to re-engage, any soldier discharged for insanity, irrespective of his
length of service, will be dealt with under this heading....
The main purpose of the
badge was to prevent men not in uniform and without apparent disability being
thought of as shirkers – it was evidence of having presented for military
service, if not necessarily serving for long.
An example
1921
1921 Census – High Street, Great
Ayton
Mary Farndale, head, born
1851 at Great Ayton, Home Duties
William Farndale, son, born
1890 in Great Ayton, 31, a joiner with Lees Furnall
Co, Rosebury Mines, but out of work
1923
William Farndale, married
Florence Mary Whitworth at Stokesley District in the fourth quarter of 1923.
1939
1939 Census – Buck Hotel, Levenside, Great
Ayton
William Farndale, born 22
January 1890, licensed victualler, married
Florence M Farndale, born 15
January 1885, his wife
Three others
1945
Presumably Florence
Whitworth’s only daughter by a previous marriage (she must have been a widow of
the late R Whitworth):
Newcastle Journal, 27
September 1945:
GOSFORTH MAJOR WEDS. Rev R Bradshaw officiated at the wedding at the parish
church, Great Ayton, near Middlesbrough, yesterday, of Major Hartley C Makepeace
RASC, youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr J B Makepeace, of Gosforth, and Miss
Florence Mary Whitworth, only daughter of Mrs Farndale, and the late
Mr Whitworth, of the Buck Hotel, Great Ayton. The bride was given away by her
brother, Mr Ralph W Whitworth, and Captain J R Boston, RASC, was the best man.
1947
William Farndale, 57, died in the third quarter of
1947 in Cleveland. Buried at St Mary, Moorsholm.
(DR).