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 Carbolic 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 (27 January 1920 to 4 September 2003),
the daughter of Albert Peck (born 1884) and Agnes Annie Nutbrown (nee Stabler)
Peck (1883 to 1936) in 1942 and their marriage was registered in the second
quarter of 1942 at Holderness District (GRO Vol 9d
page 273).
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 aged 73 (Probate
Index, GRO Vol 7 page 962, obituaries).
Probate: FARNDALE, William Derrick
of Hillcrest 38 Station Road Patrington Hull died 5 June 1988 Probate Leeds 25
July £62967.
Hull Daily Mail, 9
September 1988: William D Farndale, of Station
Road, Patrington, who died in June, left estate
valued at £62,393 net.
(Hull
Daily Mail, 7 June 1988)
2003
Lily Farndale died on 30 August 2003
aged 83 and was buried on 4 September 2003 in Hull (Death
Index, GRO District 550/1A Register Number A69A entry 77).