Career
He was a sergeant in the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge"s Own), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital:
On 25 October 1854 at Balaklava, Crimea during the Charge of the Light Brigade, Sergeant Farrell, whose horse had been killed under him, stopped on the field and amidst a storm of shot and shell helped Troop Sergeant Major John Berryman and Sergeant Joseph Malone to move a severely wounded officer (who subsequently died) out of range of the guns. He was killed in action at Secunderabad, British India, on 31 August 1865.