{"id":16818,"date":"2021-07-28T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/?post_type=war_memorials&#038;p=16818"},"modified":"2021-12-15T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:03:49","slug":"farely-thomas","status":"publish","type":"war_memorials","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/war_memorials\/war-memorial-hadleigh-essex\/farely-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"FARLEY &#8211; Thomas Henry Farley (1897-1917)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>War Memorial &#8211; Hadleigh, Essex<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The St James The Less church WWI plaque lists <strong>T FARLEY <\/strong>as having died in <strong>1917<\/strong>, and the memorial plaque names him as <strong>Thomas FARELY<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16818 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[16818]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial-250x177.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The <strong>Commonwealth War Graves Commission<\/strong> states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Private THOMAS HENRY FARLEY<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Service Number: 823816<\/li>\n<li>Regiment &amp; Unit\/Ship: Canadian Labour Corps, 1st Labour Bn.<\/li>\n<li>Date of Death: 19 August 1917<\/li>\n<li>Age 19 years old<\/li>\n<li>Buried or commemorated at BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3, Belgium. II. G. 25.<\/li>\n<li>Country of Service: Canadian<\/li>\n<li>Additional Info: Adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Barnes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to his Canadian enlistment papers, <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong> was born on 9th Feb <strong>1898<\/strong> at Dublin, Ireland, and next of kin his uncle <strong>T BARNES<\/strong> of New Road, Hadleigh, Essex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hadleighhistory.org.uk\/content\/main-subjects\/ww1-and-earlier\/hadleigh_thundersley_ww1_roll_of_honour_surnames_f-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadleigh &amp; Thundersley Community Archive<\/a> state that Thomas Henry FARLEY was at the <strong>Rochford Union Workhouse<\/strong> in <strong>1902<\/strong> when he was boarded out to <strong>Thomas &amp; Annie BARNES<\/strong>. He lived with his foster parents at New Road in Hadleigh until the age of 16 (<strong>1914<\/strong>) when was sent to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Thomas as detailed above does not show up in the <strong>1901<\/strong> or <strong>1911<\/strong> censuses, and FARLEY was a fairly uncommon surname in the Essex at that time. Living with the Barnes family at New Road in <strong>1911 <\/strong>was instead <strong>Thomas OSBORN<\/strong>, a 10 year old boarder of unknown birth place, and <strong>Cecil LOVE<\/strong>, a 5 year old boarder also of unknown birth place. I thought this odd as Thomas Henry FARLEY should have been living in Hadleigh at this time, so who was Thomas OSBOURN and could they be the same person? I decided to investigate further.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1901<\/strong>, I found a <strong>Thomas FARLEY<\/strong> born <strong>1897<\/strong> in Southend-On-Sea, Essex, who was recorded as the &#8220;<strong>adopted child<\/strong>&#8221; of Joseph &amp;\u00a0 Elizabeth GRIFFITHS of 6 Bismark Terrace, Prittlewell, Essex. I then found a baptism record for <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong> and sister Olive Ada FARLEY who were baptised on the same day on <strong>27th Jan 1899<\/strong>. Their residence was 7 Herbert Villa, Coleman Street (close by to Bismark Terrace), and their parents were <strong>Thomas &amp; Emily FARLEY<\/strong>. The birth register for Thomas and Olive confirmed Emily&#8217;s maiden to be <strong>OSBORNE<\/strong>, the same surname as the boy found living with the BARNES family in 1911. Coincidence? Thomas&#8217;s birth was registered Jan-Mar <strong>1897<\/strong> and Olive in Oct-Dec 1898, so would have been coming up for 2 years old when baptised. I couldn&#8217;t find a marriage between Farley\/Osborne, but then I discovered Emily had been previous married so was using her widowed surname of MURRELL when she remarried in <strong>1895<\/strong>. I was then surprised to discover that <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong> had been baptised for a second time on <strong>19th Jun 1904<\/strong> when he was age 7. The same parents are listed, but rather tellingly, he was baptised at <strong>St James The Less, Hadleigh<\/strong>, where the BARNES family were living.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong>, son of Thomas and Emily of Southend\/Prittlewell, is the same person as soldier as listed on the Hadleigh War Memorial, and more than likely Thomas OSBORN from the 1911 census. This would make his birth place and year incorrect on his enlistment papers, but that is not uncommon to find. FARLEY is an old Irish name, so perhaps there is a link there to his father whom I&#8217;ve discovered little about. Of the very few FARELY families living in the Southend area between 1881-1911, none are a possible fit for Thomas&#8217;s father.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Family Tree<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong>&#8216;s birth was registered in the first quarter of\u00a0<strong>1897<\/strong> in Southend-On-Sea, Essex (so 9th Feb could be correct, as stated on his enlistment papers). He was the first of two children born to <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong>, a labourer, and <strong>Emily OSBORNE<\/strong>. This was Emily&#8217;s second marriage, having been recently widowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emily&#8217;s first marriage was to <strong>Robert Andres Guy MURRELL<\/strong> on 5th Aug <strong>1888<\/strong> in Hockley, Essex. In <strong>1891<\/strong>, Emily and family were living with her MURRELL parents-in-law at 33 Milton Street. They had three children, their last child born just before or just after Robert died in <strong>1893<\/strong> aged 26.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Robert James Murrell<\/strong> (1st Sep 1889 &#8211; 6th Mar 1949)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William Murrell<\/strong> (18th Feb 1891 ~ 16th May 1868) ~ moved to Canada 1912<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Elizabeth Murrell<\/strong> (15th Jun 1893 &#8211; 1975)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Elizabeth remarried two years later on 16th Nov <strong>1895<\/strong> in Southend to <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong>. They both gave their residence as 54 Milton Street, Southend-On-Sea, and Thomas stated his father&#8217;s name to also be Thomas, a labourer. Four years after marrying Frederick, he was listed living at 7 Herbert Villa, Coleman Street, Southend in the electoral records. Emily&#8217;s mother lived on Coleman Street, as did her brother.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth and Thomas had two children together.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Thomas Henry Farley<\/strong> (1897)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Olive Ada Farley<\/strong> (1898)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thomas and Olive were baptised together on 27th Jan <strong>1899<\/strong> at All Saints, Southend-On-Sea. These are the last records of Thomas&#8217;s parents and sister I have found, so can only assume they died shortly. I have found no death records at all for any of them.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note, Thomas&#8217;s uncle, Amos Harry OSBORNE married Nelly COOLLEDGE in 1899. Nelly&#8217;s brother was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/war_memorials\/war-memorial-hadleigh-essex\/coolledge-john\/\">John Henry COOLLEDGE<\/a><\/strong>, who is also commemorated on the Hadleigh War Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1901,<\/strong> Thomas was living at 6 Bismark Terrace, Stromness Road, Prittlewell with <strong>Joseph &amp; Elizabeth GRIFFITHS <\/strong>and noted to be their adopted child. His older half-sister Elizabeth MURRELL was living with their maternal grandmother close by (Lucy WHALLEY, formally OSBORNE, nee KIMMINGS), but his two half-brothers were not there. Elizabeth&#8217;s paternal grandparents lived at 3 Bismark Terrace, but the brothers were not to be found there either. Robert and William MURRELL had been placed in the <strong>Rochford Union Workhouse<\/strong> (age 11 and 9), where Thomas himself would shortly follow. Elizabeth GRIFFITHS gave birth to her first child shortly after the census was taken, but whether that had anything or not to do with their decision to place Frederick into the workhouse is unknown. There were a lot of family members close by.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hadleighhistory.org.uk\/content\/main-subjects\/ww1-and-earlier\/hadleigh_thundersley_ww1_roll_of_honour_surnames_f-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadleigh &amp; Thundersley Community Archive<\/a>, Thomas was boarded out from Rochford Union Workhouse to <strong>Thomas Frederick Francis Tracey BARNES<\/strong> and his wife <strong>Dorothy Annie <\/strong>nee<strong> GRIGG<\/strong> in <strong>1902<\/strong>. However, when Thomas was baptised for a second time in St James The Less, Hadleigh on 19th Jun <strong>1904<\/strong> at age 7, he was still living at Rochford Workhouse. His parents names were recorded as <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong> and <strong>Emily FARLEY <\/strong>just as before.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas BARNES was a brickmaker born 1874 in Birmingham. He moved to London then Hadleigh where he married Dorothy in 1898. They had one child together, born Christmas day 1899 and in 1901 were recorded at New Road, Hadleigh.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1911<\/strong>, Thomas and Dorothy BARNES had a second child boarding with them along with Thomas called <strong>Cecil LOVE<\/strong> age 5. Cecil, like Thomas, was recorded as birthplace unknown. Cecil Frank LOVE was born 1905 in Camberwell, London to a young unmarried mother named May LOVE, and his military records include this information so Cecil obviously knew of his background and birth place even if Thomas BARNES didn&#8217;t include it when he filled out the 1911 census form. Elsewhere at this time, Thomas&#8217;s half sister Elizabeth was still living with their grandmother in Southend, and his half-brother William was boarding in Foulness working as a wagoner. I&#8217;ve not found his eldest half-brother Robert at this time.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1912<\/strong>, Thomas&#8217;s half-brother William left for Manitoba, Canada (age 20) and two years later Thomas himself was sent over to Ontario, Canada at age 16. William enlisted into the Canadian Over Seas Expeditionary Force on 7th Feb 1916 and gave his brother Robert as his next of kin, who was living at 59 South Avenue, Southend-On-Sea with his maternal grandmother Lucy. Thomas enlisted as a Private in the <strong>1st Canadian Labour Corps<\/strong> on <strong>20th Apr 1916<\/strong> when he was age 18y 11m old. He gave his address as &#8220;300 Clarence Street, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada&#8221;, occupation &#8220;Fireman&#8221;, and next of kin as &#8220;Mr T Barnes&#8221; of New Road, Hadleigh, Essex, England, and his relationship to him as &#8220;uncle&#8221;. William survived the war, but Thomas did not.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16818 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"650\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farley-Thomas-H-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-August-1917.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-17086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farley-Thomas-H-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-August-1917.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farley-Thomas-H-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-August-1917-250x40.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-17086'>\r\n\t\t\t\tChelmsford Chronicle &#8211; Friday 31 August 1917\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>Thomas died of wounds caused by shrapnel at No.3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station on <strong>19th Aug 1917<\/strong> at age 19.\u00a0At this time, the station was located in Brandhoek near Ypres in Belgium, which is also where Thomas was buried.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-16818 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"900\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farley-Family-Tree-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-17313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farley-Family-Tree-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farley-Family-Tree-1-250x189.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-17313'>\r\n\t\t\t\tFarley Family Tree\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What happened to Thomas&#8217;s half-siblings?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert James MURRELL<\/strong> married Winifred Ellen HARROD in <strong>1920<\/strong> and had one child later that year. Robert was working as a brickfield labourer in 1939, living in Southend-On-Sea. He died in <strong>1949<\/strong> aged 69 and his wife in <strong>1963<\/strong> age 73.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William MURREL<\/strong> left for Canada in <strong>1912<\/strong> when he was age 20, working as a farmer in Oak Bank, Manitoba, Canada up until <strong>1916<\/strong> when he enlisted into the <strong>Canadian Over Seas Expeditionary Force, 183rd Battalion<\/strong>. He was transferred to the <strong>2nd Labour Battalion<\/strong> during this time and served in France for two years. William was finally discharged on 25th Mar <strong>1919<\/strong> back in Canada. His brother Robert was listed as next of kin, and their sister Elizabeth named as sole heir in his Will. His records also stated that both his parents were dead.<br \/>\nWilliam was living in Springfield, Manitoba, Canada in <strong>1921<\/strong>, and back to working as a farmer. He married Canadian born Flora Inez BEDDALL 15th Jul <strong>1936<\/strong>, who was 19 years his junior, and they one at least one child born <strong>1941<\/strong>. William died 18th May <strong>1968<\/strong> in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada aged 77, and Flora died 26th Oct <strong>1976<\/strong> aged 66.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elizabeth MURRELL<\/strong> married Percy MOORE in <b>1914<\/b>, a soldier in the <b>1st Lancashire Fusiliers<\/b>. He was stationed in India in 1911, and fought during the war. I&#8217;ve not found any record of children, and Elizabeth was widowed by 1939. Like her brother Robert, Elizabeth remained in Southend-On Sea, where she died in <strong>1975<\/strong> aged 81.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What about Thomas&#8217;s foster parents?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas&#8217;s foster parents were <strong>Thomas Frederick Francis Tracey BARNES<\/strong>, a brickmaker, and <strong>Dorothy Annie GRIGG<\/strong>. Thomas was born 1st Nov <strong>1874<\/strong> in Birmingham, Warwickshire and the only child from his father&#8217;s first marriage. His parents, Thomas Frederick Francis BARNES and Sarah Ann LANE, moved to London after Thomas was born where he worked as a mechanical engineer. His mother died in <strong>1891<\/strong> and his father remarried to Laura Ann BURDETT, twenty years his junior, and proceeded to have eleven more children between <strong>1892<\/strong> and <strong>1907<\/strong>. The first two children were born in Hackney and the rest in Walthamstow, Essex. Of their eleven children, they lost four as babies. Thomas&#8217;s father died 17th Feb <strong>1916<\/strong> aged 67, and his second wife shortly after on 24th Nov <strong>1918<\/strong> when she was 49 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas moved to Hadleigh, Essex at some point in the 1890&#8217;s and married <strong>Dorothy Annie GRIGG <\/strong>on 19th Nov <strong>1898<\/strong>. Dorothy was born 31st Oct <strong>1874<\/strong> in Hadleigh, Essex and the only child I have found born to her parents <strong>William GRIGG<\/strong> and <strong>Mary HALLS<\/strong>. William was nearly thirty years older than Mary, who was his second wife (if they married, as I&#8217;ve found no record). Dorothy&#8217;s father died early <strong>1900<\/strong> aged 87, and her mother in <strong>1918<\/strong> aged 76.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas and Dorothy had one child together, Ivy Mary Dorothy BARNES born 25th Dec <strong>1899<\/strong> in Hadleigh, and fostered at least two children that I know of (Thomas Henry FARLEY and Percy Frank LOVE). Ivy married Albert Arthur GRIGG in <strong>1924<\/strong>, who was her 2nd cousin 2x removed. Dorothy died in <strong>1942<\/strong> aged 67, and Thomas in <strong>1948<\/strong> aged 73. He had still been living on New Road, Hadleigh.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Link To Hadleigh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thomas lived in Hadleigh between the ages of 4 or 7 to 16 with his foster parents.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Henry FARLEY was born 1897 in Southend-On-Sea, Essex. He was fostered into the BARNES family in 1902, and lived in Hadleigh, Essex until 1914 when he was send to Canada. He enlisted in the 1st Canadian Labour Corps on 20th Apr 1916 and died from wounds on 19th Aug 1917 age 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":16237,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[195],"tags":[224,200,196,326,325],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/war_memorials\/16818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/war_memorials"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/war_memorials"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16818"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/war_memorials\/16237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}