Main CPGW Record
Surname: PENDLE
Forename(s): Wilfred
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 82464
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 15th (Service) Battalion
Division: 21st Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-08-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 9.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wilfred Pendle was the son of Elizabeth Pendle and Frank Longthorn. Elizabeth, born at Burnsall, Yorkshire, was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Pendle - George was born at Framlingham and Elizabeth at Cransford, Suffolk. Frank, born at Skipton, Yorkshire, was the son of William and Sarah Longthorn - William was born at Skipton and Sarah at Coniston Cold, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 11, Duckett Street - Wilfred Pendle, aged 1 year, born Skipton. [Wilfred and his mother Elizabeth were living with her mother, Elizabeth Pendle, widow.]
Wilfred's mother married Benjamin Evelyn Smith in 1903.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Kendall's Yard - Wilfred Pendle, aged 11 years, born Skipton. [Wilfred was living with his grandmother - Elizabeth Pendle, widow, who married William Oxley later that year.]
The British Army Service Record for Wilfred Pendle exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wilfred Pendle, 94568, W. York. R.; 82464, Durh. L. I.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Wilfred Pendle, 94568, 52nd (G) [Bn] W. Yorks R.; 82464, 15th Durh. L. I. Deceased.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Wilfred Pendle, 82464, 15th Bn Durham L. I. Date and Place of Death: 24.8.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Grandmother and sole legatee - Mrs. Elizabeth Oxley. £11 14s. 9d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Wilfred. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs. Elizabeth Oxley. Relationship: Grandmother. Address: 8, Alexandra Terrace, Skipton, Yorkshire.
Wilfred is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
PENDLE, Wilfred, 24th August, 1918. [Additional]
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Private Wilfred PENDLE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 21st Division
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