FARLEY Harold George

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
    George 
  • Surname:
    FARLEY
  • Service Number:
    13989
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece, Grave A. 12.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Frank and Eliza Ann Farley, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

FARLEY Harold George Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge Hill Street Council School
Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About FARLEY Harold George

Harold Farley was the son of Frank and Eliza Farley of 59 Cobden Street, Wollaston, but was born in Oldswinford.  He attended Hill St. Council School.  He enlisted somewhat unusually in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and was posted to the 8th Battalion.  As part of the 26th Division they went to Salonika in November 1915, where an invasion of Bulgarian troops threatened the Greek frontier.  British forces moved up towards Lake Doiran and in August a serious attempt was made to reach the town and lake.  This was not successful and in one attack Private Harold Farley suffered severe chest wounds.  He was taken to a military Hospital in Salonika where he died on the 25th August 1916.

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