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Henry Farndale 1883 to 1951
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Leeds
1883
Henry Farndale, son of John
and Rose Farndale (FAR00424)
was born in or about 1883 in Leeds
(census).
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 Martin, 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
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
1913
Henry Farndale married Grace
E Bell in the fourth quarter of 1913 at Leeds.
Harry Farndale (stockbroker’s clerk) of 12 Fairfield Street,
Virginia Road, Leeds, aged 19 (ie born 1884) married
Grace Elizabeth Bell on 27 December 1913. His father was John Farndale, a
sculptor.
Yorkshire Evening Post, 27
December 1913:
MARRIAGES. FARNDALE-BELL. At St Michael’s, Headingley,
Henry, eldest son of John Farndale, of Leeds, to Grace E, eldest daughter of
the late Henry J Bell, of Londonderry (Bedale).
1914
Edward Francis Farndale (FAR00809) was born in Leeds on 14 November 1914.
1915
He was a member of the Leeds Stock Exchange. Leeds Mercury,
31 March 1915: STOCK EXCHANGE’S GOOD RECORD. The members of the Leeds
Stock Exchange have a fgoodly number of principals
and employees serving with the colours, as the following record indicates: …
Messrs R Salmon Backhouse & Co … Henry Farndale (Lance Corporal), ASC …
Overseas
Service
He initially joined the Army Service
Corps, where he rose to Lance Corporal by
March 1915.
204344 A/Sergeant Henry Farndale served with the Royal Horse and Field Artillery.
Medals
and decorations : Victory Medal, British War Medal
There are extensive records about Henry’s military career.
His attestation
on 3 December 1915 shows he was an accountant, 31 years and 11 months old,
married, living at 8 Wrangthorn Avenue, Hyde Park,
Leeds. His descriptive
report on enlistment shows that he was 5 ft and 7 inches and his next of kin
was his wife, Grace Elizabeth Farndale who he had married on 27 December 1913
at Wrangthorn Church, Leeds. The same form records
that he had two children, Edward Francis Farndale born on 14 November 1914 and
Henry Stewart Farndale, born 27 September 1916, both in Leeds.
His date of enlistment was given as 19
January 1917.
1916
Henry Stewart Farndale (FAR00832)
was born on 27 September 1916 in Leeds.
1918
There is a record of a
204344 Gunner H Farndale, of E Battery, Royal Field Artillery, born about 1884,
admitted to Catterick Military Hospital on 14 January 1918. He had been gassed.
On 2
August 1918 he appears to have been attached to a unit in London. On 10
August 1918 Acting Bombardier H Farndale of 35th Reserve Battery
RFA, 6th ‘B’ Reserve Brigade RFA was posted to 12th
Brigade, 67th Divisional Artillery with effect from 9 August 1918. A
War Office letter on 10
August 1918 confirms that he was appointed as paid acting Sergeant.
There is a record of severe
gas poisoning in his military papers. A casualty
form also records that he was gassed in about
November 1917.
1919
There is a
record of his movements from June 1918 to March 1919.
A War Office letter dated 3
January 1919 confirms that Acting Sergeant H Farndale has been sent to RH
and RFA Records, Blackheath, Tower of London to work in connection with cost accounting.
On 20
March 1919 he was promoted to Acting Regimental
Quarter Master, for cost accounting duty at 416 Agricultural Company, Bowerham Barracks, Lancaster.
There is an undated
note requesting that Acting Sergeant Farndale be traced as ‘keen to meet’.
A Special
Confidential Report dated 23 October 1919 at Lancaster recommended Henry’s
promotion to the substantive rank of Warrant Officer. He had been engaged on a
Cost Accounting Scheme from 1 January 1919 and had handled the accounts of the
King’s Own Lancaster Regiment, 416 Agricultural Co, Labour Corps, 210 TF Depot
and the Prisoner of War Camp at Lancaster. He was reported as capable and
industrious, with a sound knowledge of bookkeeping.
1920
As Acting Regimental Quarter
Master Sergeant he sought
his discharge by 21 July 1920 (Western Command, Chester). This had also
been confirmed in a
letter from the Depot at Bowerham Barracks,
Lancaster on 19 May 1920.
This followed an interesting
exchange of correspondence with the War Office. On 7
May 1920, the War Office proposed the permanent transfer of Acting RQMS H
Farndale RFA to the Corps of Military Accountants, as Accountant Staff
Sergeant. He would have been required to complete seven years with the Colours
(less his mobilised service since 4 August 1914). Another letter on 7
May 1920 also seems to confirm this extension, also commenting that he
should not be rejected on medical grounds unless this would prevent him from
sedentary duties. The Form for completion for extension to the Corps of
Military Accountants dated 7
May 1920 was sent to Henry. However Henry’s reply
on 11
May 1920 did not accept this extension.
Is Certificate
of Identity issued on his discharge and dated 15 August 1920 granted 28
days furlough and graded him in medical category B11.
He was discharged
on demobilisation at Woolwich on 2 September 1920. See also his Army
Form Z 22 and records
from the Clearing Office.
His conduct sheet was
certified ‘no entry’ by the Adjutant.
Leeds
1921
His Will was returned to him
on 8
October 1921.
Henry Farndale, head, 39, accountant with the Royal Insurance Co Ltd, 10 Park Row, Leeds
Grace Elizabeth Farndale, 24,
born Richmond, Surrey
Edward Francis Farndale,
son, 6, in full time education, born in Leeds in about 1915
Henry Stewart Farndale, son,
4, in full time education, born in Leeds in about 1917
1939
1939 Register – 31 Savile Mount, Leeds
Henry Farndale, born 4 January 1890,
commercial accountant,
married (is his birthdate wrong here?)
Grace E Farndale, born 11 April
1891, married, unpaid domestic duties
Edward F Farndale, born 14 November
1914, single, architect’s assistant
1951
Henry Farndale died aged 68 in the third quarter of 1951 in Leeds
(GRO Vol 2c
page 182).
