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FARRANT Archibald William Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20615

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SKR/DAT/IP/20615
Title
FARRANT Archibald William Lieut
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: FARRANT;

Forename(s): Archibald William;

Initials: AW;

Rank: Lieut;

Born in: Wokingham;

Enlistment Date: 02-Sep-1914;

Previous Number: 4808;

Previous Battalion: 20 of;

Previous Regiment: R Fus;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 87 Coy;

Date abroad: 04-May-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: D;

Where: UK;

When killed: 06-Nov-1918;

Other Data: b 26/5/1895
enlisted aged 19 yrs 4m - student, 6'1", 150lbs, 36"chest
commsd 9 Yorks LI - att MGC
with 87 Coy June 1916 (war diary)
war diary 24/6/1916. To MG School 23/7/1916. 21/11/1917 Sick - to FA. 3 Can.Stat Hosp - VD gonnhoea, contracted 5/11/1917 France. Abscess testicle, prostate asscess, abscess penis, venereal warts, syphilis. To UK 27/2/1918
Admitted hospital Belton Park 28/10/1918 - influenza and pneumonia;

Other Notes: FARRANT, Lieutenant, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 6th November 1918. Age 23. Son of William and Emily Farrant, of The Grange, Mortimer, Reading. North of church. Stratfield Mortimer (St. Mary) Churchyard - Berkshire, United Kingdom.
("Officers Died" gives his unit as "87");

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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