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Leading Signalman Charles Farmer (3 February, 1893 – ?) was one of the only three survivors of H.M.S. Indefatigable when that ship sank at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

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.

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-[[Leading Signalman (Royal Navy)|Leading Signalman]] '''Charles Farmer''' (3 February, 1893 &ndash; ?) 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, 1893 &ndash; ?) 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.
+==Life & Career==
+Appointed to {{UK-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==
-*[[Frederick Arthur Gordon Elliott]], the other survivor
+{{refbegin}}
+* [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
+{{refend}}
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 ==Footnotes==
 {{reflist}}
-==Bibliography==
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, Charles}}
-{{refbegin}}
-{{refend}}
-[[Category:1893 births|Farmer]]
+{{CatPerson|UK|1893|}}
-[[Category:Personalities|Farmer]]