Five: Driver C. W. Farrow, Royal Horse Artillery, later Army Service Corps and Labour Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (6899 Dr: C. W. Farrow. J, B, R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6899 Dvr: C. Farrow. R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (SS-18553 Pte. C. W. Farrow. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (18553 Pte. C. W. Farrow. A.S.C.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruise to KSA, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £160-£200

Charles William Farrow, a boot finisher, was born in North Heigham, Norwich, in 1874, and attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in his home city on 14 November 1894. Appointed Driver in the Royal Horse Artillery he served in India and South Africa from 11 January 1900 to 6 October 1902. Discharged upon termination of his first period of engagement on 13 November 1906, he re-enlisted for the Army Service Corps on 7 October 1915 and disembarked per S.S. Princess Victoria at Le Havre on 24 October 1915. Farrow transferred to the Labour Corps on 1 August 1917 and returned home to 8 Beamont Place, Eagle Street, Norwich, at the cessation of hostilities.