Tom Farrage

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Tom Farrage

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Oysten Farrage
Date of birth	1917
Place of birth	Chopwell, County Durham, England
Date of death	23 September 1944(1944-09-23) (aged 26)
Place of death	Netherlands
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Walker Celtic
1937–1944	Birmingham	10	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Oysten Farrage (1917 – 23 September 1944) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham. He was killed in action during the Second World War.

Life and career

Farrage was born in Chopwell, near Rowlands Gill, then in County Durham, to Robert and Isabella Farrage. He began his football career with Walker Celtic in the North Eastern League, and joined First Division club Birmingham in November 1937. Described as a "promising young player with an eye for goal", Farrage made his debut on 7 September 1938 in a 2–1 win at home to Leicester City, and kept his place for five of the next six games, in which he scored twice. He played once more that season, and in the opening three games of the 1939–40 season which was abandoned because of the Second World War.

He made guest appearances for Leeds United, Luton Town and Middlesbrough in the wartime leagues, though he did not play again for Birmingham.

Farrage was a member of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) (his last station was at Dover) until May 1943, when he commenced training with the Parachute Regiment. He was killed in action on 23 September 1944, serving as a private in the 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment during Operation Market Garden, and is commemorated on the Groesbeek Memorial.

External links

• Thomas Farrage's details at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission