Photo: Dorothy Hall
In Kirk Merrington Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:-
In
loving memory
of
Jane
beloved wife of
William Farrow
who died March 24th 1913
aged 45 years
also William husband of above
died Dec. 13th 1915
aged 60 years
also Thomas son of above
who was killed in action
March 30th 1918
aged 25 years
also William son of above
died Dec. 29th 1918
aged 22 years
Carol Hird has submitted the following, along with the photo from the Northern Echo 08/11/1915.
He was the son of William and Jane Farrow and lived at South View Middlestone, Merrington, Ferryhill on the 1911 Census. He is recorded as working on a farm in Middlestone on this census.
Thomas Farrow is remembered in Kirk Merrington on K26.01
