Name
Clifford Willis Farrow
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/04/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Dorsetshire Regiment
3rd Bn. attd. 4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
T. 40.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Edmunds College Memorial, Old Hall Green
Biography
The following text was transcribed from the The Edmundian (1814-1819) – The contemporary magazine of St Edmund’s College:
Clifford Farrow, the elder of the two brothers at St. Edmunds, left the College only a few months before the war. He was of that dependable, yet independent type, seen at its best among 'English yeomen. There was a solidity about him, both mental and physical, not to be confused with stolidity, which told us that he would acquit himself with credit in his career. He has done so, though his career was so short and so abruptly ended.
For a few months after leaving the College he gave his attention to farming, later taking charge of a farm, with remarkable success for one so young.
In December 1916 he joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. In 1917 he was gazetted to the Special Reserve of the Dorset Regiment. On October 9th he sailed for Egypt. We hear that he had often expressed a wish to visit the Holy Places, he bad his wish, and wrote with enthusiasm of all he saw. He was privileged, when his death was very near, to make the Stations of the Cross in the Garden of Gethsemane. On the 3rd of April he was able to receive absolution and Holy Communion. lie died of wounds received in action on April 9th. He lies buried, with a cross to mark the spot, on the hill in Palestine where he died. His brother officers, sergeants of the Dorsets all speak most highly of him, and testify to widespread grief over his death. His many friends at St. Edmund's unite in their prayers for him, and in sympathy for his parents and relatives.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Di Vanderson, The Edmundian (1814-1819) – The contemporary magazine of St Edmund’s College
