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.
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Photographs
Copyright © Gill Cannell & Andrew Dishman 2021 |
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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.
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| DIXON |
Maurice
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No
further Information currently available |
| EDGAR |
Ronald
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| HUDSON |
John
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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
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| NELSON |
John
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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
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| PARKER |
Reginald
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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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| SWANNACK |
John
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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
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| TRISTRAM |
T
H |
No
further Information currently available |
| WHYTE |
Ronald
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| 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.

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| 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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