William Farndale
22 January 1890 to 1947

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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.

 

King's discharge certificate to PT Richardson from the First World War.

 

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).