Albert William Kendall
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 194486
Parents: Albert William and Mary Kendall
Home address: Home Address: Hawkesbury Upton, Glos. Lived: 16 Lyttelton Road, Stechford, Birmingham.
Pre-war occupation: School Teacher
Date of birth: 1871
Place of birth: Hawkesbury Upton, Glos
Date of death: 16/01/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (St. Andrew's And Jesmond) Cemetery, Northumberland. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 46
Further information:
Albert was born in Hawkesbury Upton, the youngest child and only son of a school master and a school mistress. He had three older sisters, one of whom was also a teacher. Albert was an organist as well as a teacher at an elementary school in Birmingham. He married Emma Harding in 1899.
Albert served on the Home Front in Tyneside and died in First Northern General Military Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne. His cause of his death was recorded as laryngeal obstruction but how it came about was not specified.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/