William Farndale
2 February 1892 to 19 March 1948
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Great Broughton and Great Ayton
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 (Birth Certificate)
and baptised at Kirkby in Cleveland on 4 March 1892. William Farndale’s birth
was registered in Stokesley District on 9 February 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)
Darlington
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 Ethel Longstaff in
1919 and their marriage was registered in the second quarter of 1919 at Darlington District (GRO Vol 10a page 9). They had four children over
ten years.
Agnes Ethel Taylor
was the daughter of William Taylor (1860 to 1932) and Mary Ann (nee Bell)
Taylor (1860 to 1903) and was born in about 1886. She had married John William
Longstaff on 22 September 1906 in Darlington. Private John William Longstaff of
the Durham Light Infantry had been killed in action in the First World War on
20 June 1917 in Flanders.
1920
In December 1920
he was invalided with a claim
under Art 9 for 30% disablement.
1921
1921
Census – Cleasby,
Darlington
William Farndale,
29 Years 2 Months, Head, a farm labourer on Cleasby Hall Farm for Mr Mitchell
Agnes Ethel
Farndale, 34 Years 9 Months, Wife
Stanley Longstaff,
13 Years 7 Months, Step son
John William
Longstaff, 11 Years 11 Months, Step son
Norman Longstaff,
9 Years 11 Months, Step son
Cyril Ernest
Farndale (FAR00872)
(1921-1985) was born on 21 June 1921 (birth certificate). His birth was registered in Darlington District in the third quarter of
1921 (GRO Vol 10A Page 23).
1922
Kenneth Farndale (FAR00884)
(1922-1992) was born on 24 December 1922 (Birth Certificate).
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 1925 and her birth was registered in Teesdale District in the third quarter of 1925 (GRO Vol 10A Page 478).
Bedale
1932
Ronald Farndale (FAR00925)
was born in Bedale on 25 April 1932 (GRO Vol 9D Page
1032) on 24 April 1932 (1939 Register).
Agnes Ethel
Farndale died on 15 October 1933, aged 48, at Bedale (Death
Certificate). William was a stocksman.
1939
1939
Register –
Bedale
William was a
cowman on a farm at Bedale
1948
William Farndale, died age 56 on 19 March 1948 in Leeds
(Death Certificate). He was a highways
labourer of Main Street, Thorner, Wetherby.
