FARMER, Harold
Primary tabs
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3973646
Born:
Saturday, November 5, 1921
Birthplace:
Bolton, Lancashire
Died :
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Place died:
Bolton, Lancashire
Age:
82
Harold married Ada Guffogg on the 30th June 1945.
Service timeline
20.08.1940 aged 18 enlisted 17th (HD) Bn. Welch Regt. Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock.
20.02.1941 attached airfield security duties at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire.
12.05.1942 posted Commando Depot for training, No.3 Commando.
22.03.1943 disembarked Gibraltar. Engaged in the campaign for Sicily.
06.06.1944 disembarked Sword beach, Normandy France.
20.02.1941 attached airfield security duties at RAF Duxford in Cambridgeshire.
12.05.1942 posted Commando Depot for training, No.3 Commando.
22.03.1943 disembarked Gibraltar. Engaged in the campaign for Sicily.
06.06.1944 disembarked Sword beach, Normandy France.
Wounded, shrapnel to the head, evacuated to St Andrews Hospital, Billericay, Essex.
18.08.1944 attended a Parachute Course - qualified.
09.09.1944 taken back on strength of No.3 Commando.
18.08.1944 attended a Parachute Course - qualified.
09.09.1944 taken back on strength of No.3 Commando.
Served until the end of the war.
Awarded 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
Service Record.
[Image] Garry Farmer, son.
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