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Motor
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William
Derrick Farndale 19 September 1914 to 5 June 1988
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Mobberley,
Cheshire
1914
William Derrick Farndale, son of Joseph and Minnie (nee
Hughes) Farndale (FAR00593),
was born at Mobberley, Cheshire
(census) on 19 September 1914 (1939
Register). His birth was registered in Bucklow
District, Cheshire and registered in the fourth quarter of 1914 (GRO Vol 8A Page 264).
Tynemouth,
Newcastle
1921
1921 census – Tynemouth, Newcastle
Joseph Farndale, 37,
Manager, The * Acid Gas Co, Skinnerburn Road, Low
Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne
Minnie Farndale, wife, 34
Madge Farndale, 9, born
Manchester in about 1912
William Derrick Farndale, son, 6, born Mobberley,
Cheshire in about 1915
Margaret Elizabeth Farndale,
2, born Mollington, Cheshire in about 1919
Holderness
1939
1939 Register – The Garage,
Westgate, Patrington, Holderness, Yorkshire (East
Riding)
Atkinson family
William Derrick Farndale, born 19 September 1914, single, motor fitter
1942
William D Farndale, married Lily Peck
in the second quarter of 1942 at Holderness District (MR).
Sergeant William Derrick Farndale, tractor driver, patrol member in the Withensea Patrol,
East Yorkshire Coast from 1942 until 3 December 1944.
He had been a patrol member with the Sunk Island Patrol
prior to 1942. He was originally a Sunk Island Patrol Private then promoted to
Sergeant and moved to run the Withernsea Patrol after John Thompson left.
He lived at The Garage, Westgate. Later "Cestria", Northside, Partrington,
Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire
The Patrol's Operational Base was a square type shelter built out of pit props and with a corrugated
iron sheet roof. It was built on a hill near Little England Farm to the west of
the town. The higher ground gave a good all round view
of the coast and inland fields.
View to the South View to the East
The Patrol targets were the landing beaches on
the east side of Withernsea, Tunstall beach was an expected German target,
along with the road from the coast inland, Spurn Point Coastal Battery, Channel
Farm Search Light battery and the land drainage system
to the west.
The town itself was also a target as it could
be used as a German supply centre for the Holderness and Spurn Peninsular.
The inland lighthouse which gives commanding
views of the whole area's flat landscape would have been made use
of.
The Patrol trained locally on the farmland
near the OB and on the coast. It is thought Sergeant Farndale went to Coleshill
House to train.
They would also have trained with other
Patrols at Middleton on the Wolds, the Area Headquarters
and Intelligence Officers base.
Weapons issued included;
.22 sniper rifle with sights, Remington or Winchester rifles along with Colt
.45 or Smith & Wesson pistols.
Some captured Lugars were issued and were sort
after as they used the same 9mm ammunition as the Sten Machine Gun.
The patrol were
initially formed to watch the coast for German landings and shipping movements
and were called an "Observation Group".
The original Patrol/Observation Unit appears
to be Thompson, Joy, Conner, Perry, Woodcock and Grassam.
Thompson, Perry, Woodcock
and Joy are all listed as discharged.
1943
Ian J Farndale (FAR00989)
was born in 1943.
1945
Peter D Farndale (FAR01002)
was born in 1945.
1988
William Derrick Farndale, born 19 September 1914, died Hull District on 5 June 1988 (DR).
Probate: FARNDALE, William Derrick of Hillcrest 38
Station Road Patrington Hull died 5 June 1988 Probate Leeds 25 July £62967, 8851608640E.
Hull Daily Mail, 9 September 1988:
William D Farndale, of Station Road, Patrington,
who died in June, left estate valued at £62,393 net.