- First Name(s):FredericStanley
- Surname:FARMER
- Service Number:F0
- Rank:
Second Lieutenant
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Worcestershire Regiment
- Battalion:2nd Battalion
- Unit:1st/2nd Battalion attached 14th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:20th July 1917
- Age At Death:22
- Cause of Death:Died of wounds
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France, Grave I. D. 14.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Frederick and Margaret Ann Farmer, 145 Bromyard Rd., Worcester
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FARMER Frederic Stanley Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Worcestershire County Council WW1 War Memorial with the additional information: 2nd Lieut.
Further Information About FARMER Frederic Stanley
Frederic attended the Royal Grammar School in Worcester between 1906 and 1912. Before joining the army he worked in the County Finance Office at Shirehall, Worcester. Following 4 months of training at Newmarket, he was commissioned into the 14th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment. After the end of the Arras battles, the battalion was based nearby at St Nicholas having been involved with work on defences and communications. After just 7 weeks in France, he was killed by shellfire.
Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World by Mark Rogers, 1999.
A photograph of Second Lieutenant F.S. Farmer can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 4th August 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.
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