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VC557 Thomas Edward Rendle
BORN 14 December 1884
DIED 1 June 1946 AGE 61
VC Won 20 November 1914 AGE 29
Place VC Won Near Wulverghem, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Thomas Edward Rendle No. 7079
VC Issue No. 557 Awards VC
Regiment Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1st Battalion
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Bandsman
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth 4 Mead Street, Bedminster, Bristol, England
Place Of Death Groote Shuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes Maitland Road No. 1 Cemetrery, Cape Town, South Africa
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 3 June 1946
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Family plot 24598
Gazetted 11 January 1915
VC Presented 12 July 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Maitland Road No. 1 Cemetrery, Cape Town, South Africa
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, St John's Churchyard, Bedminster, Bristol
By The Way…
He was impersonated by a Joseph Randall, who pretended to be Rendle VC and attended various functions for two years until caught and fined
VC Held By
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, The Keep, Bodmin, Cornwall, England
