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Robert Farnsworth
February 27, 2018 ·
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Susan Farnsworth
Who is that then?
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Robert Farnsworth
My nan and Grandad just before he went off to war and got badly injured.
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Steve Pigeon
Was that my nan and granddad as never seen that before
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Robert Farnsworth
No that is my Mothers side.
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Susan Farnsworth
Thought it was your Nan on your Mum's side. Just got confused because your Mum used to say that Kevin was the image of her Dad and I can't see that in this photo. Maybe later in life Kevin looked more like him?
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Robert Farnsworth
Kevin He looks like his uncle tom. I used to look like Grandad.
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Sami-Jayne Farnsworth
So these are nan’s parents (your grandparents, my great-grandparents?) So then he was injured nan’s whole life? Do you know which battle he was injured in?
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Robert Farnsworth
fourth day of the Somme then a year in prisoner of war hospital and then swapped home.
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Sami-Jayne Farnsworth
sharif’s really into history and been learning loads about the great war. He asks if u know any more details like what brigade he was in, or how old he was at the time?
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Robert Farnsworth
He was in an old pals regiment the North Essex.60% died.
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Sami-Jayne Farnsworth
Thanks. What were their names? (And do you know her maiden name). I’ve decided to try make a family tree.
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Robert Farnsworth
Nan was a Castle they were a long established Barking family ran shops in Barking even a cinema. There is a Rayment my Grand dads name ran a rag and bone business in Tanner street in 1880.
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Sami-Jayne Farnsworth
Thankyou. What were there christian names too please? Ah yes I vaguely remember a tale about a relative who was a grocer and got sepsis or something from a barrel of veg?
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Susan Farnsworth
Elizabeth Castle died after putting her hand in some Brussel sprouts. She was born in 1860. She was Nan's Grandmother on her Mother's side.
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Susan Farnsworth
I can't see you in him either. I used to say that Kevin looked like Uncle Tom but your Mum would say ' He (Kevin) is the image of my Father'.
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Robert Farnsworth
He may have had red hair when younger .I can not remember his hair I was only 4 when he died. He was only 62 when he died of Pneumonia.
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Susan Farnsworth
I never knew either of my Grandad's as they both died before my second birthday when they were in their early 60's. Times seemed much harder then - one of them even used to carry on working through minor heart attacks because of the worry of not taking money home!
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Robert Farnsworth
He was blown up in the first world war lay in a shell whole for three days bleeding to death. Found by the Germans taken to a prisoner of war camp where they operated on him giving him plastic surgery years before we did it in England. He was only able to walk with sticks but in 1951 was give a modified Morris minor then later was hit by a dust cart badly injured and caught pneumonia.
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Susan Farnsworth
Yes - wasn't he put back together by pig sinue?
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Robert Farnsworth
Alledgedly but I doubt that it would reject and they had no drugs to stop it.
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Adam Farnsworth
Robert Farnsworth nan insisted he was and she had a letter from the german soldier sent to him while in field hospital
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Robert Farnsworth
I will have a look but have never seen a letter.
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Robert Farnsworth
I saw his red cross notes when he was swapped for a German prisoner as he was too badly wounded to go back on active service.
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Mavis Hill
Befor grandad was given the Morris he use to have a hand driven three wheeler I can remember seeing him in it when I was very young.
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Robert Farnsworth
Yes it was hand cranked and dark blue I have seen pictures of it. I was too young to remember it. They still make them but are much more efficient now http://www.belizebike.com/english/handy.html

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Robert Farnsworth
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Robert Farnsworth
My Grandparents just before he went off to war and was blown up on the Somme losing the use of his legs about 26 years old there.
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Suzanne Kirk
How sad.
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Robert Farnsworth
Had five children there and another five including my mum after.
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Suzanne Kirk
Losing his legs didnt affect his sex drive then.
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Robert Farnsworth
he did not lose them the germans sowed them on with pigs gut and although very damaged he could stand on them with sticks.
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Suzanne Kirk
Wow
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Diane Donovan
I have been watching a series on Netflix. The woman in it reminded me so much of your mum. Unbelievable likeness. My favourite aunt..... Rosie....... Rip.
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Leon Novello
Happy birthday, Robert.
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Robert Farnsworth
thanks.
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Sue Wilshin
Happy Birthday Bob, hope you have a good one!
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