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[[Leading Signalman (Royal Navy)|Leading Signalman]] '''Charles Farmer''' (3 February, 1893 – ?) was one of the only two survivors of [[H.M.S. Indefatigable (1909)|H.M.S. ''Indefatigable'']] when that ship sank at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916.
[[Leading Signalman (Royal Navy)|Leading Signalman]] '''Charles Farmer''' (3 February, 1894 – ?) was one of the only three survivors of [[H.M.S. Indefatigable (1909)|H.M.S. ''Indefatigable'']] when that ship sank at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916.


Charles Farmer was a signaller numbered J8713. He was born on 3 February, 1893.  According to a Red Cross list of 20 June, 1916 he was a Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) in Dulmen, Westphalia.  He was transferred to a P.O.W. camp in Brandenburg on 27 June, 1916.  His next of kin was his sister Maud Whitley of 26 Market St, Caledonia Rd.  She was informed that Charles was "missing" on 6 June, 1916.
==Life & Career==
Farmer had light brown hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion and bore a tatoo of crossed hands and heart, and the words "true love" on his right forearm.


In a letter from Germany on 20 August, 1916, Farmer was described as having been captured at "Skagerack" on 31 May, 1916 with a cut in the chest.
Appointed to {{UK-Indefatigable}} as an Ordinary Signalman on 25 January, 1913, he was promoted to Leading Signalman on 1 April, 1915..


A telegram was sent to his brother Thomas of 82 Drayton Park, Highbury on 20 June, 1916 saying that Charles Farmer and Frederick Arthur Gordon Elliott were P.O.W.s.
Charles Farmer was a signaller numbered J8713.
 
Farmer returned to naval service after being repatriated, but was invalided on 5 November 1919 with astigmatism.
 
==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Charles+Farmer Service Records]
*[[Frederick Arthur Gordon Elliott]] and [[John Bowyer]], the other survivors
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Latest revision as of 17:41, 23 March 2018

Leading Signalman Charles Farmer (3 February, 1894 – ?) was one of the only three survivors of H.M.S. Indefatigable when that ship sank at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

Life & Career

Farmer had light brown hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion and bore a tatoo of crossed hands and heart, and the words "true love" on his right forearm.

Appointed to Indefatigable as an Ordinary Signalman on 25 January, 1913, he was promoted to Leading Signalman on 1 April, 1915..

Charles Farmer was a signaller numbered J8713.

Farmer returned to naval service after being repatriated, but was invalided on 5 November 1919 with astigmatism.

See Also

Footnotes


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