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William Farndale
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Great
Broughton
1892
William Farndale son of William Appleton
(farm labourer of Great Broughton near Stokesley) and Ann (nee Robson)
Farndale (FAR00283), was
born in Great Broughton on 2 February 1892 and baptised at Kirkby in Cleveland
on 4 March 1892. William Farndale’s birth was registered in Stokesley District
in the first quarter of 1892 (GRO Vol 9d page 588).
When William Farndale was born on 2
February 1892 his father, William, was 69 and his mother, Ann, was 45.
1901
1901 Census – Great Broughton, Stokesley
William Farndale, head, reported to be
90, born Nunthorpe, farm labourer and gardener
Ann Farndale, wife, 57, born Durham in
about 1844
William Farndale, son, 9, born 1892 at Broughton
Joseph Farndale, son, born 1873 at
Eston,28, bricklayer’s labourer
1911
1911 Census – Easby Firs, Easby, Great Ayton
William A Farndale, single, born
Broughton in 1892, 19, cattle and other work
With the Potter family (farmer)
1914
North Star (Darlington),
25 April 1914: SPORTING
COMPETITION RESULT. The result of the above competition, wherein £10 was
offered by the “North Star” to anyone forecasting the winners of the Great
Metropolitan Stakes and City and Suburban Handicap, has been arrived at.
remarkable interest was taken in the competition by the general
public, this being evident by the fact that 63,457 coupons were sent in,
and the task of checking these has been accomplished very smartly by members of
the ‘North Star’ staff.... In all probability another
similar competition will be promoted in the course of a week or two. The
winners are as follows: … William farndale, Hazel house, Great Ayton ...
15271 Corporal William Farndale, the
Yorkshire Regiment enlisted on 12 October 1914. His Medical
History shows that he was from Great Broughton, a farm man. He was 5 feet and
7.5 inches tall. He enlisted at Stokesley on 12 October 1914. He was also at
Ripon on 12
October 1914.
1915
Whitby Gazette, 8 January
1915: GREAT BROUGHTON
AND KIRBY. During the past weekend, a party of the recruits from Great
Broughton have spent their furlough in the village. Those who are present
are... W Farndale. All of them showed a clean bill of health, and
greatly enjoyed their leave amongst their friends.
William
Farndale arrived in France 27th August 1915.
There
was some news home a few weeks later.
Whitby Gazette, 8 October
1915: Private W H
Millington, who has been in hospital, off and on, for months, is now almost
well, and hopes shortly to go to the front. News has been received that Private
W Farndale was drafted out to France a few weeks ago. In a letter to
friends at Great Broughton, he jocularly remarks that, now he has gone, he has
got the Germans on the run.
He joked that he had the Germans on the
run.
1918
He served in France and Italy and came
home on leave in August 1918:
Whitby Gazette, 30 August
1918: Private William
Farndale, late of Great Broughton, arrived at his native village
last weekend to spend his leave with Mr and Mrs R Reed, of Hill Cottage. Private
Farndale enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and
has served both in France and Italy.
Medals
and decorations: Victory Medal, British Medal, 15 Star
1919
William Farndale married Agnes E Longstaff in the
second quarter of 1919 at Darlington
District (MR). They had four children
over ten years.
1920
In December 1920 he was invalided with a
claim
under Art 9 for 30% disablement.
1921
Cyril Ernest Farndale (FAR00872) (1921-1985) was
born on 21 June 1921.
1922
Kenneth Farndale (FAR00884)
(1922-1992) was born on 24 December 1922.
1923
North Star (Darlington),
29 September 1923: STOKESLEY
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BLOCK TEST. Actual weight of beast 50 st
7 lbs. … Equal correct weight 50 st 7 lbs, 4. W
Farndale, Hazel House, Great Ayton, 50 st 6 ½ lbs.
Number of entries, 330. Highest estimate 75 st 2 lbs,
Lowest estimate, 38 st, 2 lbs.
1925
Ethel Doreen Farndale (FAR00895)
was born in September 1925.
1932
Ronald Farndale (FAR00925)
was born in Bedale on 25 April 1932.
1948
William Farndale, died age 56 at Leeds District in the first quarter of 1948.
He died on 19 March 1948. He was a highways labourer of Main Street, Thorner,
Wetherby. (DR)
