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Pilot Officer KENNETH FARNES

Service Number: 107977
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

21. A. 11.

United Kingdom

Famous Sportsmen, Cricketers: headstone of Pilot Officer Ken Farnes in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sidney Heath Farnes and Florence Susanna Georgiana Farnes. B.A. (Cantab.). England and Cambridge Cricketer.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED PLAYING THE GAME
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7048
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