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Captain William Farhill ST CLAIR
D Company, 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders attached to the General Staff Date of birth: 12th May 1890 Date of death: 8th October 1967 Survived aged 77 Unknown
William Farhill St Clair was born at 6 Western Terrace, Brighton in Sussex on the 12th of May 1890 the only son of Colonel James Latimer Crawshay St Clair CB CMG, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and Ethel Mary (nee Philpott) St Clair of The Beacon Cottage, Dormansland near Lingfield in Surrey. He was christened at St John's Church, Dormansland on the 15th of June 1890. He was educated at Hazelwood School until December 1903 where he was a member of the Choir. On leaving the school the magazine wrote the following on him: - "....goes to Eton. he has been a useful member of the choir and the theatrical troupe." He went on to Eton College where he was in Mr C.H. Allcock’s House from January 1904 to April 108. He entered the Royal Military College Sandhurst in the autumn of 1909. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the 5th of October 1910 and was promoted to Lieutenant on the 21st of March 1914. Following the outbreak of war he landed in France with D Company on board the SS "Empress of India" at 3pm on the 14th of August 1914 and saw action at Mons and during the retreat from the town. He also saw action at the Battle of the Marne and on the Aisne. He was wounded, recovered and returned to the Staff of 3rd Army being promoted to Captain on the 21st of June 1915 and to General Staff Officer Grade 3 on the 16th of October 1915. He returned to his regiment on the 5th of February 1920 and retired from the army on the 12th of October 1922. He was married at St John’s Church, Dormansland to Mary Joan Bernice (nee Hutcheson) on the 2nd of June 1931. They lived at "Little Farindons" in Mutton Hill, Dormansland where he served as a Trustee for the Dormansland Memorial Club during the 1950s. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was mobilised for war service with his old regiment on the 24th of August 1939. He died at his home, 17 Onslow Road, Hove in Sussex.

Went on to Eton College