*fwo voars' hard labour was tho 'sentence of a General Court-Martial on James Richard Farnswortlv of Lumsdalo,_ Alatlook (said to bq a partner in tho Derbyshim bleaching and "dyeinjr firm of Messrs. a H. I<Vrnswovth and Co.l. on charges of desertion, absence without leave, and escaping from military custody. In .promulgating- the sentence at tho Tower the G.0.C.. London District, remitted six months. Farnsworth, a wealthy young man of 25, was posted to the Irish Guards, and, out of a period of two years and ,283 days, served only one day with the colours. The re6t of tho time he spent in prison, in hospital, or at large.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 48, 25 February 1921, Page 2
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