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Four: Warrant Officer Class II C. H. Farindon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantr...
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Four: Warrant Officer Class II C. H. Farindon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Queen’s Regiment and Gloucestershire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his service in Mesopotamia during the Great War 1914 Star (L-8944 Pte. C. H. Faringdon. [sic] 1/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (8944 C.Sjt. C. H. Farindon. The Queen’s R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5172694 W. O. Cl. II. C. H. Farindon. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM polished, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (North Persian Force) Coryn H. Farindon was born in 1891 in Farnham, Surrey. He attested into the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on 20 November 1906 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 (entitled to a clasp to his 1914 Star). Appointed colour sergeant, he transferred into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1917, serving with the 7th Battalion in Mesopotamia, for which he was mentioned in despatches. Post -War, he appears to have transferred to the Connaught Rangers in 1919, and afterwards to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1924, until his discharge to pension on 8 March 1928. In civilian life, he served as a prison officer at H.M.P. Parkhurst, before his death in Wandsworth, London, on 4 January 1938. Sold with copied research.
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Four: Warrant Officer Class II C. H. Farindon, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Queen’s Regiment and Gloucestershire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his service in Mesopotamia during the Great War 1914 Star (L-8944 Pte. C. H. Faringdon. [sic] 1/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (8944 C.Sjt. C. H. Farindon. The Queen’s R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5172694 W. O. Cl. II. C. H. Farindon. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM polished, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (North Persian Force) Coryn H. Farindon was born in 1891 in Farnham, Surrey. He attested into the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on 20 November 1906 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 (entitled to a clasp to his 1914 Star). Appointed colour sergeant, he transferred into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1917, serving with the 7th Battalion in Mesopotamia, for which he was mentioned in despatches. Post -War, he appears to have transferred to the Connaught Rangers in 1919, and afterwards to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1924, until his discharge to pension on 8 March 1928. In civilian life, he served as a prison officer at H.M.P. Parkhurst, before his death in Wandsworth, London, on 4 January 1938. Sold with copied research.
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