A
butcher of Loftus and Master Butcher at Lingdale,
south of Skelton and near to Boosbeck Private in the Royal Army Service Corps in WW1 |
John Farndale
FAR00640
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Egton
1890
John Farndale son of Samuel (ironstone
miner of Egton) and Mary (nee Hogarth) Farndale (FAR00410) was born in
Egton on 1 June 1890 (1939 Register) and baptised on 6 July
1890 at Egton. His birth was registered in Whitby
District by M Farndale, his mother, of Egton
on 7 July 1890 (GRO
Vol 9d page 441).
1891
Census 1891 – Egton
Samuel Farndale, 35, head,
iron stone miner
Mary Farndale, 28
Sarah Farndale, 10, scholar,
born Egton about 1881
Thomas Farndale, son, 8,
scholar, born Egton about 1883
Annie Farndale, 7, scholar,
born Egton about 1884
John Farndale, 0, born Egton about 1891
1901
Census 1901 – Egton
Sam Farndale, 46, ironstone
miner
Mary Farndale, 38
Thomas Farndale, 18, blast
furnace labourer
John Farndale, 11
Meggie Farndale, 8, born
Liverton Mines 1893
The Cuthbert family (also an
ironstone miner)
Loftus
1911
1911 Census – 11 East Street, Loftus
Charles Dale, 32, ironstone
miner
Sarah A Dale, 30, born Egton
in about 1881 (John’s sister, Sarah Ann nee Farndale, FAR00568)
Alice Maud Dale, 11, born
Loftus in about 1900
Fred Dale, 8, born Loftus in
about 1903
George Henry Dale, 5, born
Loftus in about 1906
Arthur Dale, 2, born Loftus
in about 1909
Annie Dale, 0, born Loftus
in about 1911
John Farndale, boarder, single, 20, a butcher,
born Egton in about 1891
1912
John Farndale, married Hannah May Temple on 5
December 1912 at Guisborough District (MR).
1913
Irene Farndale (FAR00797) was born at Loftus in Guisborough
District on 1 June 1913.
1916
294809 Private John
Farndale, 385th (Mechanical Transport) Company, Royal Army Service
Corps
His Short
Service Attestation on 1 March 1916 shows he was born in Egton and was
residing at 35 Windsor Road, Stockton on the Forest (8km northeast of York). He
was a butcher. His Descriptive
Report shows his next of kin was Hannah May Farndale of 35 Windsor Road,
Stockton who he had married on 5 December 1912. He had a daughter, Irene who
was born at Guisborough on 1 June 1913. A further
Descriptive Report referred to another dependant, Percy Carver Temple.
His Medical
Record showed that he was 5 ft 8.75 inches and 150 lbs.
1917
On 10
February 1917 he was certified after testing in “K” (supply) Company Field
Butchery in slaughtering.
His service
form shows that travelled from Southampton to Le Havre on 20 and 21 March
1917. He was transferred
to UK for release on 28 October 1919.
His Identity
Certificate on release confirms his service in France.
1919
He was demobilised
to the Reserve on 27 November 1919. He had been attested on 1 March 1916,
transferred to the Army Reserve on 2 March 1916 and mobilised on 7 February
1917. His
will was received on 12 July 1918 and returned on 6 November 1920. In the
standard Disability
Form issued to all soldiers at discharge, he did not claim to be suffering
from any disability due to his military service. There is a receipt
document for his soldier’s documents.
1921
John Farndale, 31, Butcher,
Skelton Cooperative Society, born Egton
Hannah May Farndale, 28,
born Liverton Mines
Irene Farndale, daughter, 8,
born Loftus
Skelton
1939
1939 Register – 13 High Street, Lingdale, Skelton and Brotton
John Farndale, born 1 June
1890, master butcher on own account
Hannah M Farndale, born 25
May 1893.
1968
John Farndale, died aged 78 died Cleveland
District in 1968. He was buried on 11 September 1968 at Boosbeck cemetery (DR).