Pendle, Albert William

BORN HULL 21/07/1894. SON OF CHARLES & AMELIA ELLINOR PENDLE (1867-1961), OF 149 MERSEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) & SAWBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA. THE FAMILY EMIGRATED TO ONTARIO, CANADA IN 1903 TO FARM. HE WORKED LIKE HIS FATHER AS A FARMER. HE ENLISTED AT CALGARY, ON 26/01/1916, AGED 21. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 38.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, METHODIST RELIGION, SECOND TOE ON LEFT FOOT MISSING. SERVED AS A SAPPER, IN THE CANADIAN ENGINEERS. DIED OF GUN SHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD, AT THE 1/3RD HIGHLAND FIELD AMBULANCE HOSPITAL, ARRAS, ON 08/06/1918, AGED 23.
HIS FATHER, CHARLES, AND BROTHERS GEORGE, WALTER, FRANK & FRED, ALSO SERVED IN THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
HE IS BURIED AT ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN THE FLOWER OF HIS YOUTH HE DIED FOR HONOUR & TRUTH”.


First name:
ALBERT WILLIAM
Military Number:
808496
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/06/1918
Place died:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
149 , MERSEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK