22 SAS Farragher, Kieran Joseph (Big Joe)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Farragher ​

• FORENAME

Kieran Joseph (Big Joe) ​

• UNIT

B Squadron (9 Troop) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

24155023 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd February 1986 ​

• AGE

39 ​

• GRAVESITE

Hereford (St Martin's) Churchyard, Herefordshire SAS Regimental Plot Wall Plaque ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 29 Commando Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (WO2)​

born 13.8.1946​

son of Thomas Joseph Farragher and Nora O'Malley​

joined SAS February 1973​

killed in climbing accident, Botswana​

buried Hartley Parish Burial Ground, Hartley, Kent , UK​

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[Jim W]

Kieran Joseph (Big Joe) Farragher

I had the priviledge to serve with Joe in 95 and 29 Commando Regt, Singapore 70/71. We also completed our Parachute course together at RAF Abingdon. He was a gentle giant as they say..
Jim Woodcock.

 

[colin oldfield]

Kieran Joseph (Big Joe) Farragher

COLIN O SERVED WITH THE BIG MAN IN BOTH 95/29 COMMANDO REGT IN THE FAR EAST AND ELSEWHERE. A TRULY BIG MAN OF HEART AND SPIRIT. RIP JOE LEST WE FORGET.

 

[BERNWA]

Kieran Joseph (Big Joe) Farragher

Bernie Watters,shared life with Joe in 7 Bty- 29 Cdo in Plymouth ,Singapore and beyond...

A great guy and always full of life. Sadly missed and fondly rememberd. RIP Joe.

 

[Laurence Glander]

Hello all

I live in Hartley, Kent and would be interested what connection Kieran Joseph 'Big Joe' Farragher had with our village?

I have attached a photo took today at his last resting place in Hartley Burial Ground.

RIP Big Joe.

 

[MattBegs]

Hello all

I live in Hartley, Kent and would be interested what connection Kieran Joseph 'Big Joe' Farragher had with our village?

I have attached a photo took today at his last resting place in Hartley Burial Ground.

RIP Big Joe.

Hartley was his family childhood home village. My father and Kieran (Joe) grew up there together and were great friends.
He would come and visit us sporadically from time to time. I was always told not to ask him too many questions! One memory is that he sold a car to my Dad in the late 70's - yellow Cortina GT with black vinyl roof and alloys. Under the spare wheel where some maps in the back of Middle East which my Dad promptly burned!
I attended his funeral at Hartley as a 16 year old. No pomp and ceremony; cap and dagger on his coffin, attended by a lot of unassuming men in civvies and a number of Range Rovers parked in the lane by the cemetery. A humbling day.
Matt