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KENDAL, K SHOES WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Danielle Wilson 2015

K Shoes/Somervell Brothers memorial (commemorates employees of K Shoes shoe factory), standing in the grounds of the K Shoe works, near Nether Bridge, Kendal. It takes the form of a Celtic cross made of local green slate. Inscribed on one side only with epithet and names of fallen.

Photographs Copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2021

In honour of the men of Nether Field Works who served in the Great War
1914 to 1918 and in undying remembrance of those here named who gave
their lives for their country

BISHOP Charles Henry
Private 203049, 19th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 22nd March 1918. Resident and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in Savy British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 24.
CHAMBERS Walter
Private 15095, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds 31st October 1916. Aged 31 years. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Agnes and Thomas Chambers of Kendal Westmorland. Husband to Agnes Chambers of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.
DUCKSBURY Charles
[Listed as DUXBURY on SDGW] Private 34736 formerly 24971, 2/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 28th September 1918. Born, and enlisted 1st November 1915 aged 26 years, in Kendal, Westmorland. Resident 2 Beech Hill Cottage, Kendal, Westmorland. Enlisted to the Yorkshire (Bantam) Regiment, transferred to West Riding Regiment. Height 5 feet 0½ inch. Husband of Eleanor Ducksbury, of 62, Morcambe St., Rocky Lane, Liverpool, married at St Thomas’ Church 1915. Posted to France 5th June 1916. Buried in Grand Ravine British Cemetery, Havrincourt, Pas de Calais, France. Row A. Grave 14.
ELSON Arthur
Private 23585, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 21 years 27th January 1917. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Thomas and Martha Elson of Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on Pier and face 6A and 7C Thiepval Memorial.
ELSON Walter
Private 8/15130, "C" Company, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 22 years 18th May 1916. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Thomas and Martha Elson of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St Eloi, Pas de Calais, France.
GERMAN Edward
Private 23695 [CWGC] or 23675 [SDGW], 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 22 years 5th September 1916. Born Burnley, L:ancashire, enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Edward Lindley German and the Late Bridget German of 20, Yard 135, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on Pier and face 6A and 7C Thiepval Memorial.
HINE Willie aka William
Private 64673, 3rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) formerly 3879, Border Regiment. Died on service aged 37 years 13th February 1917. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Harrison and Lucetta Hine of Kendal, Westmorland. Husband of Mary Agnes Hine of "Vioneycot" Natland Road, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried VG36 Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe.
HOLMES Thomas Herbert
Private 67747, 4th (Reserve) Battalion (Territorials), Devonshire Regiment. Died on service in Egypt aged 19 years on 30th December 1917. Enlisted Kendal, Westmoreland. Son of Robert Henry and Hannah Holmes of 20 Longpool, Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on the Chatby Memorial, Egypt.
HOLMES Walter
Private 14878, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 5th July 1916 aged 24 years. Born Kendal, Westmorland, enlisted in Kendal, Westmorland on 5th September 1914 aged 24 years. Son of Robert Henry and Hannah Holmes of 20 Longpool, Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on Pier 6A and 7C Thiepval Memorial.
JACKSON Herbert
Gunner 171232, 286th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action aged 33 years on 27th May 1918. Born and resident Kendal, Westmoreland, enlisted Gosport, Hants. Son of George and Jane Jackson of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried 1233/1236 Beaurepaire French National Cemetery, Pontavert.
JOPSON Stanley
Private 24263, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 19th April 1918. Born Kendal, Westmorland, enlisted in Calisle aged 22 years on 26th February 1916. Height 5 feet 95/8 inches. Religious denomination Church of England. Remembered on Panel 6 Ploegsteert Memorial.
MACKERETH John
Private 35653, 2nd/ 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action aged 19 years on 24th October 1918. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Richard and Ann Mackereth of 10 Millwards Yard, 88 Stricklandgate, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried A7 Crucifix Cemetery, Vendegies-sur- ecaillon.
MOORE Albert E
Private 14333, "C" Company, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 22 10th April 1918. Born Manchester, enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Eliza Ann Moore, of 8, Victoria Terrace, Kendal, Westmorland, and the late Robert Moore. No known grave. Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 6.
RIDLEY Harold
Private 14789, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 22 years on 15th July 1916. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Joseph and Margaret Alice Ridley of 3 Cross View, Highgate, Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on Pier and Face 6A and 7C Thiepval Memorial.
SNAITH Horace Spalton
Private 23376, 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 23 years on 18th November 1916. Resident and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Harry and Agnes Jane Snaith of 131 Stricklandgate, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried C11 Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel.
SOULBY Christopher
Rifleman 393797, 1st/9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles). Died aged 41 years on 14th April 1917. Born and resident Kendal, Westmorland, enlisted Carlisle. Son of the late Robert and Mary Ann Soulby. Remembered Bay 10 Arras Memorial.
TAYLOR Jack aka John
Lance Corporal 14353 [SDGW] or 14355 [CWGC], 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds 22nd March 1918. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Special Memorial 26.
TEASDALE Thomas Henry Calvert
Private 22045, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 20 years on 1st July 1916. Born Port Elizabeth, S. Africa, enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Sarah Jane Teasdale and the late Tom Teasdale of 33 Queen Katherine Street, Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on Pier and Face 6A and 7C Thiepval Memorial.
TWEDDLE Joseph
Lance Corporal 18213, "D" Company, 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli aged 21 years on 9th August 1915. Born Natland, Westmorland, enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Rhona Tweddle of 6 Whitton Terrace, Kendal, Westmorland and the late James Swan Tweddle. Remembered on Panel 119to 125 or 222 and 223 of Helles Memorial, Turkey.
WELLS John William
Private 21792, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action aged 28 years on 1st July 1916. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of George and Sarah Wells of 7 Garden Road, Kendal, Westmorland. Remembered on Pier and Face 6A and 7C Thiepval Memorial.
WHITEHEAD Walter
Private 24291, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment formerly 24522, Border Regiment. Killed in action in Mesopotamia 25th March 1917. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of John and Sarah Whitehead, of 2, Woodside Terrace, Kendal, Westmorland. No known grave. Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq. Panel 22 and 63.
WINDER Alan
Private 46517, 2nd Battalion, Regiment Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) formerly 5167, D.L.O. Yeomanry. Died of wounds aged 19 years on 3rd June 1918. Born and enlisted Kendal, Westmorland. Son of John William and Eleanor Winder of 5 Far Cross Bank East, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried 2859 Bar-le- Duc French National Cemetery.
Here also are added the names of all from here and elsewhere
who serving gave their lives in the war of 1939-1945
BOYD Ralph Thomson
Private 3601364, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 2 December 1944. Aged 26. Born 5 January 1918, and resident, Westmorland. Son of Ralph Thomson Boyd and Jessie Boyd, of Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was aged 3, born Kendal, Wesmorland, son of Ralph Thompson Boyd and Jessie Boyd, resident 7, Park Street, Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was born 5 January 1918, a Shoe Operative Clicker, son of Jessie Boyd, resident 7 Park Street, Kendal, Kendal M.B., Westmorland. Buried in KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY, Poland. PLot 5. Row B. Grave 8. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
CRISFIELD Kenneth Solman
[Transcribed as CHRISFIELD from memorial] Sergeant 1592241, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Bomber Command. Killed in action flying out of Pocklington, Yorkshire, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number HX149, when the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter in the target area during a raid on Magdeburg, four of the crew survived and were captured, 21 January 1944. Buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Berlin, Germany. Plot 14. Row G. Grave 12. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

CRISFIELD Kenneth Solman of Romney House Annexe Kendal Westmorland died 21 January 1944 on war service Administration Carlisle 23 January to Sydney Edgar Crisfield commercial clerk. Effects £213 10s. 6d.
DIXON Maurice
No further Information currently available
EDGAR Ronald
Able Seaman D/JX 417752, H.M.S. Braganza, Royal Navy. Died of Typhopid Fever in St George's Hospital, Bombay, India, 13 May 1944. Aged 19. Born 4 January 1925 in Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Joseph Wilkinson Edgar and Agnes Edgar, of Kendal Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was born 4 January 1925, a worker in Shoe Factory Sole Department, unmarried, son of Joseph W and Agnes Edgar, resident 43, Well Ings, Kendal, Kendal M.B., Westmorland. Buried in KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 10. Row J. Grave 11. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
ELVEY, MiD John T
Warrant Officer Class II 3592695 (C.S.M.), 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Missing in action at sea 5 December 1941. Aged 42. Born and resident Westmorland. Husband of Elsie May Elvey, of Kendal, Westmorland. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1921 census he was aged 22, born Kendal, Westmorland, employed Welt Preparing for Somerville Bros Boot & Shoe Manufacturer, married to Elsie Elvey, resident 2, Yard 8, Shaw's Brow, Kendal, Westmorland. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 61. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
FERGUSON Elwin Sedgwick

Lance Corporal 3599695, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 4 July 1944. Aged 26. Born and resident Westmorland. Son of George Edward and Lily Rosina Ferguson. Buried in IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 3. Row H. Grave 12. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

FERGUSON Elwin Sedgwick of 15 Mint-street Kendal Westmorland died 4 July 1944 on war service Probate Carlisle 20 February to George Edward, Ferguson sapper H.M. army.
Effects £151 15s. 6d.
GOULD John Murdock
[Listed in some records as Murdock John GOULD] Major 160702, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Presumed died at sea 8 June 1944. Born Westmorland, resident Yorkshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 6, born Kendal, Westmorland, son of William and Elsie Gould, grandson of John and Maria Thompson, resident 7, New Road, Kendal, Westmorland. Married Marie Chippendale March to June Quaretr 1939 in Wharfedale Registration District, Yorkshire. No known grave. Commemorated on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 18, Column 3. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

GOULD John Murdoch or John of 11a Hallfield-drive Baildon Yorkshire died on or since 8 June 1944 on war service Administration (with Will) Wakefield 27 November to Marie Gould widow. Effects £2429 10s. 5d.
HAYTON James Cornelius
Marine PLY/X 103121, Royal Marines. Died of Miliary Tuberculosis in Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, 30 January 1946. Aged 25. Born 18 September 1920 in Devonport, Devon, baptised 11 October 1920 in Plymouth, St Mark, Ford, Devon, son of James and Harriet Hayton. Son of James and Harriet Hayton, of Kendal. Buried 2 February 1946 in KENDAL (PARKSIDE) CEMETERY, Westmorland. Section C. Consecrated Grave 83. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
HEAP, MM Jack aka John
Lance Corporal 2701419, Scots Guards. Killed in action in Italy 24 April 1945. Aged 20. Born 22 December 1924 in, and resident, Westmorland. Son of Thomas and Edith Heap, of Kendal, Westmorland. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) [London Gazette 21 June 1945] while attached to 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards in Italy. In the 1939 Register he was born 22 December 1924, a Boot & Shoe Operator Heel Shaping, single, son of Thomas and Edith Heap, resident 11 Brockbeck, Kendal, Kendal M.B., Westmorland. Buried in ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row B. Grave 4. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
HILTON Walter Charles
Private 3599891, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Missing in France 7 June 1940. Aged 22. Son of Walter Charles and Margaret Hilton; nephew of Mrs. S. E. Dobson, of Kendal, Westmorland. No known grave. Commemorated on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France. Column 62. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
HUDSON John
No further Information currently available
LACEY F J
No further Information currently available
MARSHALL Raymond Geoffrey
Private 3599916, 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 11 September 1944. Aged 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Marshall, of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France. Division. 67. Row N. Grave 4. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
NELSON John
Private 3599677, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action in France between 6 June 1940 and 10 June 1940. Aged 26. Born and resident Westmorland. Son of John and Alice Nelson; stepson of Mrs. Sallie I. Nelson, of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in FECAMP (LE VAL AUX CLERCS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Seine-Maritime, France. British Plot, Row 3, Grave 3. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
PARKER Reginald
Private 14632937, 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action in North West Europe 8 July 1944. Aged 19. Born and resident Westmorland. Son of Albert and Edith Parker, of Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Row M. Grave 1. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
POSTLETHWAITE James
Ordinary Seaman P/JX 731756, H.M.S. Aldenham, Royal Navy. Died at sea 14 December 1944. Aged 18. Born 10 August 1926 in Kendal, Westmorland. Son of Richard and Annie Postlethwaite, of Kendal, Westmorland. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 84, Column 1. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
RIGG George
Lance Bombardier 1134768, 20 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 0 April 1944. Aged 21. Born 22 September 1922 in Carlisle, resident Westmorland. Son of Joseph and Margaret Rigg; husband of Jean Elizabeth (nee Wilson) Rigg, of Kendal, married in October to December Quarter 1942 in Westmorland South Registration District, Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was born 22 September 1922, a Shoe Operative (Apprentice Cl), single, son of Joseph and Maragret Rigg, resident 2 Summer Hill, Burneside, South Westmorland R.D., Westmorland. Buried in SKELSMERGH (ST. JOHN) CEMETERY, Westmorland. Plot A. Grave 32. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1944:

RIGG George of 46 Windermere-road Kendal Westmorland died 5 April 1944 on war service Administration (with Will) Carlisle 23 August to Jean Elizabeth Rigg widow. Effects £218 4s. 1d.
SAUL William Colin
Private 7045367, 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). Killed in action in Western Europe 16 Feruary 1945. Aged 24. Born and resident Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was aged 1, born kendal, Westmorland, son of Frank Troughton Saul and Margaret helen Saul, resident 32, Lound Street, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 45. Row A. Grave 11. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
SILL John Goodwin
Private 3597603, 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died in France24 May 1940. Aged 30. Born 13 February 1910. Resident Westmorland. Son of Thomas and Isobel Sill, of Kendal, Westmorland; husband of Margaret Ann Batten Sill, of Kendal. In the 1911 census he was age 1, born kendal, Westmorland, grandson of Michael and Jane Goodwin, son of Isabella Sill, resident 32B Kirkland Kendal, Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was aged 11, born Kendal, Westmorland, son of John Thomas and Isabella Sill, resident 1, Park Avenue, Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was born 13 February 1910, a Boot & Shoe Operative Rough Rounder, single, resident 11 Fountain Brow, Kendal, Kendal M.B., Westmorland. Buried in PICQUIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Row F. Grave 9. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
SWANNACK John
Private 3600174, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died in France 12 August 1944. Aged 23. Born Westmorland, resident London. Son of Charles and Alice Swannack, of Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was new born, born Kendal, Westmorland, son of Charles and Alice Swannack, resident 1, Queen Street, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot V. Row B. Grave 6. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
TRISTRAM T H
No further Information currently available
WHYTE Ronald
No further Information currently available. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial
WINSKILL Ernest

Lance Corporal 3599537, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action in Burma 18 April 1945. Aged 25. Born and resident Wstmorland. Son of John and Lavinia Winskill, of Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1921 census he was aged 2, born Kendal, Westmorland, son of John and Lavinia Winskill, resident 10, West Street, Kendal, Westmorland. Buried in TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (Burma). Plot 28. Row B. Collective grave 1-20. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1945:

WINSKILL Ernest of 42 Market-place Kendall Westmorland died 18 April 1945 on war service Administration Carlisle 4 September to John Winskill retired railway inspector.
Effects £239 4s. 7d.

WOLSTENHOLME Samuel

Gunner 1533070, 78 Battery, 35 Light A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died of Nephritis as a Japanese Prisoner of War 16 March 1945. Aged 25. Born 4 November 1920 in Manchester, resident Kendal. Son of Edward Mann Wolstenholme and Sarah Wolstenholme, of Kendal, Westmorland. In the 1939 Register he was born 4 November 1920, a Shoe Operative, single, son of Edward and Sarah Wolstenholme, resident 72, No 4 Yard, Kendal, Kendal M.B., Westmorland. Buried in LABUAN WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia. Plot S. Row C. Grave 15. See also Kendal World War 2 Memorial

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946:

WOLSTENHOLME Samuel of 4 Yard 72 Highgate Kendal Westmorland died 16 March 1945 on war service Administration Carlisle 30 May to Edward Mann Wolstenholme newsagent and tobacconist. Effects £345 9s. 1d.

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