South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | 1914 Star & Clasp, British War & Victory Medals | Mazingarbe Communal Cememtery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 30 Aug 1914 in La Havre, France | ~ | Marston Green, St. Leonards |
| Marston Green, Garden of Memory | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Battle of Loos | 11 Jan 1904 at Cromer, Norfolk | Other War Memorials |
| Sheldon, Solihull | ||
| Place of Death | Date and Place Mobilised | |
| 38th Field Ambulance | 8 Aug 1914 at Chelsea Barracks | |
Circumstances of Death
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Herbert is listed as dying of wounds on 3 October 1915 at the 38th Field Ambulance. He was wounded on the same day. The brief 3rd Battalion war diary entries for the 2nd to 4th October 1915 are transcribed below. Mazingarbe - Oct 2nd: In billets at Mazingarbe Mazingarbe - Oct 3rd: Relieved 1st Kings (Liverpool) Rgt in trenches - old German line N of Hulluch - Vermelles Road. Trenches - Oct 4th: In trenches |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 25 Aug 1885 in Erpington, Norfolk | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Jonathan and Sarah Ann Farrow | Gresham, Norfolk |
| Wife and Marriage | Abode |
| Amy Farrow nee Upton |
80 Park Hill Road, Harborne |
| 8 Jul 1912 in Coventry | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1885 - Roughton, Norfolk | 1891 - Scholar |
| 1891 - Gresham, Norfolk | 1901 - Agricultural Labourer |
| 1901 - The Common, Gresham | 1904 - Groom |
| 1911 - Marston Green (Boarder) | 1904 - Soldier in Coldstream Guards (5 years) |
| 1914 - High House, Tile Cross, Marston Green | 1911 - Under Gamekeeper |
| 1914 - Gamekeeper on Chelmsley Estate |
