Claim 97083c6fChecked 21 Jul 2026
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“One of Nigel Farage’s grandfathers was wounded in the Great War.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim that one of Nigel Farage's grandfathers was wounded in the Great War is corroborated by multiple independent sources. A BBC News profile of Farage, which accompanied him on a visit to Western Front battlefields, states: "His grandfather, Private Harry Farage, was wounded near Vimy Ridge at Arras." Wikipedia's article on Nigel Farage similarly notes: "Farage's paternal grandfather, Harry Farage, served as a private in the First World War and was wounded during the Battle of Arras." The BBC profile and Wikipedia are corroborating sources, and the BBC piece directly references Farage's own account. The Battle of Arras (which included the Vimy Ridge action) took place in 1917, consistent with "the Great War." This is a verifiable, fact-shaped claim about a historical event, and the available evidence supports it.
Sources: BBC News, "Leader profile: 24 hours with Nigel Farage" (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31771963); Wikipedia, "Nigel Farage" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage); Yahoo News UK, "Who is Nigel Farage?" (https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-uk-election-leader-profiles-132154692.html)
From article
Well, you know, this is all rather silly, isn’t it, because, actually, calling somebody ‘a damp rag’ is a pretty minor form of abuse compared with what happens every Wednesday at Prime Minister’s Questions.
My family, both my mother’s side and my father’s, were very patriotic people. They believed in this country, they believed that the sacrifices they’d lived through through two world wars, awful though they were, had been worthwhile to keep our freedom and democracy. When I was small, you could never spend time with my grandparents without them talking about the past. One of my grandfathers was wounded in the Great War, in a very nasty action in which the corporal got the VC.
We were basically, on both sides, traditionally Conservative – but all mega-Thatcherite, because that was a breath of fresh air.
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| [1] | bbc.co.uk |
| [2] | wikiwand.com |
| [3] | wikipedia.org |
| [4] | web.archive.org |
| [5] | peoplepill.com |
| [6] | uk.news.yahoo.com |
| [7] | ethnicelebs.com |
| [8] | en.wikipedia.org |