Thomas KENDALL

Main CPGW Record

Surname: KENDALL

Forename(s): Thomas

Place of Birth: Kendal, Westmorland

Service No: 15578

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion

Division: 25th Division

Age: 24

Date of Death: 1916-07-03

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 7A and 7B.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Thomas Kendall was the son of John and Mary Jane Kendall, née Graham? John was born at Middleton and Mary Jane at Beathwaite Green, Westmorland.

1901 Shap, Westmorland Census: Wickersgill - Thomas Kendall, aged 9 years, born Hay Fell, Westmorland. [Thomas was living with his brother Albert and sister-in-law Sarah E. Kendall.]

1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Millthrop - Thomas Kendal, aged 18, years, born Old Hutton, Westmorland. [Thomas was living with his brother Albert and sister-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Kendal.]

The British Army Service Record for Thomas Kendall exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Kendall, 15578, 8th South Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 28 September 1915.

A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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