| Surname: | McFarlane |
| Initials: | W B |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 823 |
| Notes: | MMP & MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals and Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Army Order 312 of 1917. First served abroad (1) France, 24/12/1914 to 4/11/1915 and (3) Egypt, 5/11/1915. Home address: 30 Sydenham Gardens. Strandtown. Belfast. He has the same No. as Sgt F R Curtis, MMP. Enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles. No. 5657, 1/10/1898. Transferred to MMP 4/7/1904. Served Home 1/10/1898 to 23/3/1900, South Africa 24/3/1900 to 3/2/1903. Home 4/2/1913 to 23/12/1914, BEF 24/12/1914 to 4/11/1915, Med Exp Force 5/11/1915 to 3/6/1919, transferred to MFP 3/4/1916, Home 4/6/1919 to 20/6/1919. Discharged 20/5/1919, no longer physically fit for war service. Served with 28 Div, 38 Brigade HQ in Salonica 10/11/1915. Awarded Mounted Infantry Certificate 27/8/1903. Home address: Waterloo Cottage, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim, Ireland. His name is spelt McFarland on Boer War Medals and McFarlane on WWI medals. Info from Pension Index Cards:- McFarlane William Blain, T/Sgt, 823, Royal Irish Rifles, 20/6/19 to discharge, regional no 12/MM/5098. Stamp: Ad 2/6/19 at 8/3 from 21/6/19 to 22/6/20, Chelsea no. MVO.2378 received 3/6/19. Also:- SB36. 12/MM/5098. McFarlane, William Blain, MFP, 823, T/Sgt, 20/6/19 to discharge, single, Waterloo Cottage, Dunmurry, Co Antrim, disability Dysentery, attr. William Blain McFarlane. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/184 July 16, 1919) |
| Citation: | Badge No. B251162. Enlisted 9/3/1904, Discharged 20/6/1919. K.R. 392 (xvi). A.O. 29/19. Age 39years. Served abroad. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/204 Page: 224 Aug. 8, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal. Awarded as A E McFarland No. 5657 2 Royal Irish Rifles. |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/346 Page: 183 March 30, 1903) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Awarded as Pte W B McFarland, No. 5657, 2 Royal Irish Rifles. |