Soldiers

Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon’s mouth

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Richard Farndale, the medieval soldier John George Farndale, soldier of the Crimean War George Farndale, infantryman of the First World War Herbert Farndale, awarded the MM

Jim, Alf and William Farndale, three brothers in arms who fought in the US, British and Canadian armies in the First World War

Clarence and Gordon Farndale Bernard Farndale, Lancaster Flight Engineer Jimmy Farndale, US Pilot Ronald Martin Farndale Ray Farndale

Richard Farndale was a veteran soldier who fought in the armies of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. His daughters were first hand witnesses to the Wars of the Roses.

10 – Medieval Warfare Tales of archers and men at arms who fought with Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V and an observation post in the home of the Nevilles and Richard III from which to view the Wars of the Roses

Richard Farndale c 1357 to 20 December 1435 A veteran soldier of the armies of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V who fought in the French and Scottish Wars

The History of Sheriff Hutton to 1500 A history of Sheriff Hutton which will take you to the lands of the Nevilles and Richard III during the Wars of the Roses

Plantagenet rivalry The dynastic struggles of the Plantagenets, leading to the Wars of the Roses, the events of which our ancestors were direct witnesses

Giles Farndale was press ganged at Whitby into the navy and died in the Spanish Main during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.

Giles Farndale

1713 to 1742

Press ganged into the Royal Navy, Giles served on HMS Experiment in the Spanish Main during the War of Jenkins Ear where he died and was buried at sea

John Farndale wrote letters home from the Crimean War. Most of the adult generation of the family of an age to fight in 1914 took part in the First World War and many fought in the Second World War.

The Crimean War The Crimean War through the perspective of John Farndale, who took part in the long campaign

The First World War Soldiers The story of the many soldiers from the family who took up arms in the First World War The First World War The context of the First World War to the Farndale Story

The Second World War soldiers, sailors and airmen The story of the Farndales who took up arms in the Second World War The Second World War Soldiers The context of the Second World War

32 – The Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen An exploration of the many military members of the family, and their stories

John George Farndale 1836 to 1909 A Victorian infantryman who provided us with an eye witness account of the Crimean War before taking his family to a new life in Ontario

Bernard Farndale 1912 to 1944 An airman shot down over Denmark after a bombing raid, and secretly buried by the Danish resistance The story of the shooting down of Lancaster ME 718

General Sir Martin Farndale KCB 1929 to 2000 The original author of this genealogy who led the British Army and Northern Command of NATO in the crucial years of the Cold War

The Farndale Cocktail An explosive blend of Farndale firepower

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