Nuneaton &
North Warwickshire
Family History Society
The friendly family history society for all of North Warwickshire
The friendly family history society for all of North Warwickshire
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays)
Killed in action in the Retreat from Mons, France and Flanders, 1st September 1914, age 24
Buried Baron Communal Cemetery, Oise, France. Grave Ref: LXVI.C.32
Awarded 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
Son of Thomas and Mary Farmer
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Born 1890 Burton-on-Trent
Attended Queen’s Road school
1911 census Parents Thomas and Mary Farmer lived at 3 John Street, Stockingford
1911 census living at Wellington Lines Barracks, Aldershot and employed as a regular soldier
The Nuneaton Chronicle, 13th December 1912 “Albert Farmer, a soldier of Stockingford, was fined £1 and 10s towards the costs, when summoned by Charles R King, miner, Coton, for a common assult at the White Lion Hotel on Dec. 8.”