| Surname: | Farrow |
| Initials: | G T |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/6501 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1914 Star with clasp (7665) and rose, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 22/8/1914 to 29/12/1914. 3/3/1898 he enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment, No. 4731, served in the Channel Islands from5/1/1900 to 30/4/1902. 5/7/1904 he re enlisted as a Pte. 2 Essex Regt. No. 7997, age 23 years, occupation Labourer, address: father, 28 Mount Street, Ipswich, 11/11/1914 he suffered a GSW to his hand, he was a battalion cook for 2 1/2 years. Served Home 5/7/1904 to 10/11/1906, Malta 11/11/1904 to 10/7/1905, Home 11/7/1905 to 21/8/1914, BEF 22/8/1914 to 29/11/1914, Home 30/11/1914 to ? 29/1/1917 transferred to MFP served with APM Harwich. 11/6/1919 to class Z reserve. 15/5/1919 shown as given £2 on the Purfleet No.1 Demobilization Acquittance Roll. 16/12/1907 he married Laura Westley, spinster at the Hold Trinity Church, Ipswich they had 2 children, address: 5/1919 Earl Grey Inn, Fore Hamlet, Ipswich. George Thomas Farrow. |