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| Casualty No.: |
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Ranks: |
Lance Corporal |
Initials: |
J |
Service No.: |
201244 |
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| Date of Birth : |
- |
Place of Birth : |
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Age at Death: |
25 |
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| Unit: |
1st/9th Bn Durham Light Infantry (Territorial Force). |
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| Place Enlisted: |
Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Place of Residence: |
Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Home Address: |
Laws Cottages, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Previous Address: |
6 Clifford Terrace, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
13 Mitchell Street, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
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| Civilian Employment: |
Miner at Clara Vale Colliery. |
| How Died: |
Killed in action |
| Date of Death: |
Thursday 12th September 1918 |
| Place of Death: |
In an attack on the Hindenburg Line, France. |
| Battle/Campaign: |
The Battles of the Hindenburg Line, 12th September to 9th October 1918.
Battle of Havrincourt, 12th September 1918.
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| Locally Commemorated: |
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Clara Vale Colliery Memorial, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Robert Young Memorial Methodist Church, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
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| UK Commemorated: |
- |
| Overseas Commemorated: |
- |
| Buried: |
Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, Nord, France – ref III. D. 2. |
| Decoration and Medals: |
Military Medal. |
| Photographs: |
1 |
| Service Records: |
No |
| Death Notice/Obituary: |
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 26th October 1918 and 23rd November 1918.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 19th November 1918. In Memoriam, 12th September 1919.
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| Family Details: |
Son of Jeremiah and Jane Kendall, of 6 Clifford Terrace, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Husband of Sarah Jane Kendall, of Laws Cottages, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. One daughter, Henrietta.
Brothers: Frank, Peter, and Joseph. Sisters: Mary A, and Ada.
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| Notes : |
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| Sources Used: |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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