MacFarlane/McFarlane, W T
WILLIAM THOMAS MCFARLANE
Remembered with honour Arras Memorial: Bay 6.
He enlisted in Chelsea, London; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 11 August 1915, and was killed in action. Unfortunately, William’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Son of William and Florence (nee PERRY) MCFARLANE.
A William MACFARLANE and Flora PERRY married 1887 in the St George Hanover Square, London, district.
William was born 1890 in Paddington, London, or Old Ford, Middx, and baptised 15 October 1890 at Holy Trinity, Paddington.
On the 1891 Census, aged 1 he lived in Paddington, with his mother and one sibling. On the 1901 Census, aged 10 he lived in King’s Langley, Herts, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, an apprentice compositor aged 20, he lived in Watford, with his parents and no siblings.
Service number
8208Rank
PrivateUnit
8th BattalionRegiment
Date of death
03/05/1917Age at death
26Place of death
Memorial(s)
- 1st S.W. Herts Scout Troop [in St Mary's Parish Church Watford] (4)
- Abbot's Langley Herts War Memorial (17)
- Aldbury Herts War Memorial (1)
- Aldenham Herts War Memorial (located in Letchmore Heath Herts) (8)
- All Saints Church Croxley Green Herts (12)
- All Saints Church Harrow Weald Middx (2)
- All Saints Church Hertford (1)
- All Saints Church King's Langley Herts (1)
- All Saints Church Leavesden Herts (31)
- All Saints Church Witham Essex (3)