Private 18896 Thomas William FARNELL

Private 18896 Thomas William Farnell{gallery}Pte E Mott{/gallery}6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
Killed in action in the First Battle (Siege) of Kut, Al Amara Iraq, Mesopotamia, 5th April 1916 aged 17

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• Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq. Panel 23
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Farnell [nee Sharman]. Mary died in 1899 and Arthur 1910
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Farnell
• Basra Memorial
• South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1899 at Nuneaton
  
• Lived with his grandparents, Joseph and Mary Ann Tonks, at 59 Heath End, Chilvers Coton [1901 to 1915]
  
• Employed as a factory hand [1915]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton 24 Apr 1915