FARLEY Albert Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    FARLEY
  • Service Number:
    PLYX101352
  • Rank:

    Marine

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Marines
  • Ship:
    HMS Dorsetshire
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th April 1942
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 74, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Albert Farley, and of Amy Farley, of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire

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FARLEY Albert Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Hartlebury St James the Apostle Church
Stourport on Severn Steatite Works now Morgan Advanced Materials WW2 Memorial

Further Information About FARLEY Albert Walter

Appears on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database as Walter Farley.

HMS Dorsetshire and her sister ship HMS Cornwall sailed from Colombo, Ceylon on 4th April 1942. At around 1340 on 5th April the two ships were spotted by aircraft from a Japanese Aircraft Carrier in the vicinity. Three aircraft attacked HMS Cornwall, dropping their bombs at a low altitude. At the same time a separate formation of three aircraft attacked the Dorsetshire. Despite avoiding action taken by the ship’s crew, three bombs hit the ship and successive waves of aircraft scored further hits on the stricken ship. Within minutes of the initial attack, the ship sunk with the loss of 234 men. Several hundred men survived in the shark infested waters and were picked up the following day by allied ships.

A relative of Albert Walter Farley has contributed to the following project:
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[Albert] Walter Farley has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name as W. Farley on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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