Captain John Henry Fareham was born in 1908. He served in the rank for 4 years 100 days with the Grenadier Guards. Between June to October 1942, he served as Special Staff Corporal to General John C. A. Lee, US Army.  

On the 7th May 1943, he joined The Leicestershire Regiment on Emergency Commission and on the 6th June 1943, he joined the Sherwood Foresters on a Regular Commission. John served with the 2/5th Leicester's in North Africa and Italy and  took part in the Salerno Landings where he was badly wounded at Farenza, Italy. He was taken prisoner by Germans and was held in Stalagg 4A at Hohenstein with the prisoners number 50040 until he was later liberated by Russians.  

John was mentioned in Dispatches in the London Gazette on the 11th January 1945. Between the 4th September 1944 to the 25th July 1945, he served as Acting Captain, and again between the 11th January 1946 to the 27th January 1964. He served as Temporary Captain between 28th January 1946 to the 5th July 1947, before being promoted to Captain on the 6th December 1947.  

In May 1947, he served as Captain with the 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters, British Army of the Rhine “S” Coy. In 1949, he served with the Royal West African Frontier Force, Gold Coast, Training Depot. In Spring 1951, he served at the Air Photo Intelligence Centre and in 1952, served as Commanding Officer with the British Commonwealth Division A.P.I.S at the H.Q Korea. In November 1953, he served at the Joint Services Air Recce Centre in the U.K. He was promoted to Major on the 5th December 1954 and Commanding Officer Air Photography in September 1956.