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Title	Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	00/00/1890	Death	21/08/1979
Place	Huddersfield	Place	Vancouver
Area	Yorkshire	Area	BC
Country	UK	Country	Canada

 

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Biography

He was the son of William Farrell. He arrived as an infant with his parents William and Jessie Maude in Vancouver BC in 1891. He was the President of the BC Telephone Co. His family controlled Ocean Cement Ltd. 1928-63. He was President of Evans Coleman & Gilley Bros. Ltd. He was President of Union Steamship Co. of BC Ltd. He was president of Hayes Manufacturing Co. Ltd. He was Vice-President of Anglo-Canadian Telephone Co. Ltd. He was Vice-President of McLennan, McFeely & Prior Ltd. He was Vice-President of Neon Products of Western Canada Ltd. He was the Vice-President of Buckerfields Ltd. He was a Director of BC Packers Ltd and London & Western Trusts Co. Ltd., Nanaimo-Duncan Utilities Ltd. He was the Traesurer of BC Telephone in 1919 and rose to become President of the BC Telephone Co. 1928-58. His family controlled the Ocean Cement Ltd. 1928-63. He was President of Evans Coleman & Gilley Bros. Ltd. He was President of Union Steamship Co. of BC Ltd. He was president of Hayes Manufacturing Co. Ltd. He was Vice-President of Anglo-Canadian Telephone Co. Ltd. He was Vice-President of McLennan, McFeely & Prior Ltd. He was Vice-President of Neon products of Western Canada Ltd. He was Vice-President of Buckerfields Ltd. He was a Director of BC Packers Ltd and London & Western Trusts Co. Ltd., Nanaimo-Duncan Utilities Ltd.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS for World War One Service. (He was demobilized.)

 

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References
Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Carter, S. Maurice (Ed.) (1945); Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press; Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997)
Last update
2011-02-15 00:00:00

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