Second Lieutenant James Douglas Herbert Farmer 9th Battery 41st Brigade RFA 1914
Farmer, James Douglas Herbert………………………….(RoH)
Second Lieutenant. 9th Bty. 41st Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action Wednesday 4 November 1914. Age 21. Son of James Herbert and Edith Gertrude Farmer, of "Fairfield," Mundesley, Norfolk. Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5 and 9.
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Medal Index Card for Second Lieutenant James Douglas Herbert Farmer of the Royal Field Artillery.
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There is a picture of James on Norlink
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The picture has whats looks like a clipping attached,
“FARMER - Killed in action, on 4th November, Second Lieut. James Douglas Herbert Farmer, Royal Artillery, the dearly loved second son of James Herbert Farmer of “Fairfield”, Mundesley, Norfolk and grandson of the late James Farmer Esq. J P and the late Sir George Harris J.P. L.C.C, aged 21”
Underneath is a hand-written note - “Gazetted July 1913”.
James Douglas Herbert has an entry in De Ruvigny’s
There is a separate memorial in the church.
To the Glory of God
And in Loving Memory Of
James Douglas Herbert Farmer
2nd Lieut. 9th Battery.41st Brigade.
Royal Field Artillery.
Second son of
James Herbert and Edith Gertrude farmer
Fairfield, Mundesley.
Killed in Action near Ypres, Belgium
On 4th November 1914.
Aged 21.
Census
I struggled to find the family on the 1901 census. By the time of the 1911 census I’m still not able to find this man, (probably at boarding school perhaps), but I can find his parents. James Herbert, aged 47 is a Solicitor originally from St Andrews, Fife and Edith Gertrude, aged 46 and from Nassau in the Bahamas. They do have a son living with them, George Adderley Herbert, a 21 year old Chartered Accountants Clerk from Paddington, London.. They were recorded at Faiirfield, Mundesley. . James Herbert and Edith have been married 22 years and have 5 children, all then still alive.
I therefore took another look and found James Douglas Herbert Farmer, aged 18 and born Paddington, who was recorded as a Boarder at The High House School, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London.
There is a picture of James and family, stated to have been taken in the back garden of their house at Mundesley.
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Notes there are Lt Farmer was the second of five service sons of Lieutenant J H Farmer (late attached officer, War Office) and Mrs Farmer (District Representative of the Red Cross Society and member of the War Agricultural Committee).
James was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and gazetted as second lieutenant to the Royal Field Artillery in 1913. On the outbreak of war, he was posted to the Western Front with 9th Battery, 41st Brigade.
Lt Farmer was killed in action, aged 21, on 4 November 1914. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and buried at Eksternest cemetery.
Photo also shows: Lieutenant F S H Farmer (Special Reserves of Officers, 3rd Attached and 2nd Norfolks); Lieutenant L G H Farmer (Royal Navy, served on HMS Colossus in the North Sea and Flag Lieutenant to Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies); Lieutenant C R H Farmer (18th Hussars, Motor Machine Guns Section) and G A H Farmer (Honourable Artillery Company).
He was born 2 Dec 1892.
Working through the other names above, there are Medal Index Cards for
Frederick Spencer Herbert, initially Second Lieutenant than Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment before becoming a Lieutenant with the 17th Special battalion , (which is a new unit on me and doesn’t appear in any of the normal lists).
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Charles Robert Herbert, initially Second Lieutenant, 15th Hussars before becoming a Lieutenant in the 18th Hussars and attached to the Motor Machine Gun Section.
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No obvious candidate for the Naval Officer either in the normal service or the Volunteer Reserve..
As we have a George Adderley Herbert on the 1911 census, he would be a prime candidate for the Honourable Artillery Company man. There is a George A H Farmer who was Private 12420 Honourable Artillery Company Infantry.
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Second Lieutenant James Douglas Herbert Farmer 9th Battery 41st Brigade RFA 1914
Farmer, James Douglas Herbert………………………….(RoH)
Second Lieutenant. 9th Bty. 41st Bde., Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action Wednesday 4 November 1914. Age 21. Son of James Herbert and Edith Gertrude Farmer, of "Fairfield," Mundesley, Norfolk. Commemorated: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5 and 9.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Mundesley.html
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1611982/FARMER,%20JAM...
Medal Index Card for Second Lieutenant James Douglas Herbert Farmer of the Royal Field Artillery.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2...
There is a picture of James on Norlink
norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_013_PictureTitleIn...
The picture has whats looks like a clipping attached,
“FARMER - Killed in action, on 4th November, Second Lieut. James Douglas Herbert Farmer, Royal Artillery, the dearly loved second son of James Herbert Farmer of “Fairfield”, Mundesley, Norfolk and grandson of the late James Farmer Esq. J P and the late Sir George Harris J.P. L.C.C, aged 21”
Underneath is a hand-written note - “Gazetted July 1913”.
James Douglas Herbert has an entry in De Ruvigny’s
There is a separate memorial in the church.
To the Glory of God
And in Loving Memory Of
James Douglas Herbert Farmer
2nd Lieut. 9th Battery.41st Brigade.
Royal Field Artillery.
Second son of
James Herbert and Edith Gertrude farmer
Fairfield, Mundesley.
Killed in Action near Ypres, Belgium
On 4th November 1914.
Aged 21.
Census
I struggled to find the family on the 1901 census. By the time of the 1911 census I’m still not able to find this man, (probably at boarding school perhaps), but I can find his parents. James Herbert, aged 47 is a Solicitor originally from St Andrews, Fife and Edith Gertrude, aged 46 and from Nassau in the Bahamas. They do have a son living with them, George Adderley Herbert, a 21 year old Chartered Accountants Clerk from Paddington, London.. They were recorded at Faiirfield, Mundesley. . James Herbert and Edith have been married 22 years and have 5 children, all then still alive.
I therefore took another look and found James Douglas Herbert Farmer, aged 18 and born Paddington, who was recorded as a Boarder at The High House School, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London.
There is a picture of James and family, stated to have been taken in the back garden of their house at Mundesley.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205026085
Notes there are Lt Farmer was the second of five service sons of Lieutenant J H Farmer (late attached officer, War Office) and Mrs Farmer (District Representative of the Red Cross Society and member of the War Agricultural Committee).
James was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and gazetted as second lieutenant to the Royal Field Artillery in 1913. On the outbreak of war, he was posted to the Western Front with 9th Battery, 41st Brigade.
Lt Farmer was killed in action, aged 21, on 4 November 1914. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and buried at Eksternest cemetery.
Photo also shows: Lieutenant F S H Farmer (Special Reserves of Officers, 3rd Attached and 2nd Norfolks); Lieutenant L G H Farmer (Royal Navy, served on HMS Colossus in the North Sea and Flag Lieutenant to Naval Commander in Chief, East Indies); Lieutenant C R H Farmer (18th Hussars, Motor Machine Guns Section) and G A H Farmer (Honourable Artillery Company).
He was born 2 Dec 1892.
Working through the other names above, there are Medal Index Cards for
Frederick Spencer Herbert, initially Second Lieutenant than Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment before becoming a Lieutenant with the 17th Special battalion , (which is a new unit on me and doesn’t appear in any of the normal lists).
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2...
Charles Robert Herbert, initially Second Lieutenant, 15th Hussars before becoming a Lieutenant in the 18th Hussars and attached to the Motor Machine Gun Section.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2...
No obvious candidate for the Naval Officer either in the normal service or the Volunteer Reserve..
As we have a George Adderley Herbert on the 1911 census, he would be a prime candidate for the Honourable Artillery Company man. There is a George A H Farmer who was Private 12420 Honourable Artillery Company Infantry.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2...