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Farquhar Dean Major
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21449
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21449
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Title (The name of the record)
- Farquhar Dean Major
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Farquhar;
Forename(s): Dean;
Initials: D;
Rank: Major;
Born in: Edinburgh;
Enlistment Date: 10-May-1915;
Previous Number: 1258;
Previous Regiment: MMGS-RA;
Date of transfer to MGC: 01-Dec-1915;
MGC Branch: Motors;
MGC Unit: 7 AMB;
How killed: D;
Where: India;
When killed: 12-Oct-1920;
Other Data: age at enlistment 26 yrs 2m . To MMGS and MGC - 17th Bty MGC(M) - BSM
13/11/1916 - Hospital Grantham - syphilis
to Commsn Indian Army 5/10/1917
signed War Diary Sept 1919
Died from the effects of a fall from his horse at Dera Ismail Khan. - War Diary 10 AMB
copy paper GS archives;Other Notes: FARQUHAR, Major, DEAN, 7th Armoured Car Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Motors). 12th October 1920. Age 31. (Buried Dera Ismail Khan Cem. 25.) Face 23. Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India.;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f27ec0fa-b2cb-4fa1-9fa1-cd5f6bdd1e34/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Farquhar Dean Major