Warrant Officer Craddock (then Sergeant) from a family tree on Ancestry – reproduced with permission from Rachel Jordan-Evans via Ancestry).

AN ULVERSTON INTERMENT

WARRANT OFFICER W. G. CRADDOCK

The rector of Ulverston, the Rev. J. S. Rimmer, M.A. R.D., officiated at the funeral at Ulverston Cemetery on Tuesday of Warrant Officer William Geo. Craddock, whose death took place in a North-Western Hospital on Friday.

The chief mourners were: Mrs. Craddock (Wick, near Littlehampton), mother; Mr. L. Craddock (Fifeshire), Mr. J. Craddock (Portsmouth), Mr. A. Craddock (Southampton), brothers; Mrs. D. Craddock (Fifeshire) sister-in-law; Mrs. Tregellis (London), together with officers and men with which he had served.

The coffin was of polished elm and was draped with the Union Jack.

Arrangements were carried out by Messrs. W. Tyson and Son, The Gill, Ulverston.

 In
Affectionate Remembrance
of
WILLIAM CLARKE KENDALL
OF HOLM NOOK, ULVERSTON
WHO DIED ON
THE 21ST DAY OF JANUARY 1937,
AGED 69 YEARS.
ALSO OF HIS ONLY SON,
WILLIAM CLARKE KENDALL,
FLT. LT. R.A.F.
KILLED IN AN AIR ACCIDENT
16TH AUGUST 1955
WHILST SERVING IN GERMANY
AND INTERRED AT HAMBURG
AGED 30 YEARS.
ALSO
GLADYS MARY KENDALL
NEE DEASON,
16TH DECEMBER 1893
22ND JUNE 1986.

ULVERSTON’S LOSS

THE PASSING OF MR. W. C. KENDALL
THE TOWN AND DISTRICT LARGELY REPRESENTED AT THE FUNERAL

The large and representative concourse of mourners at the funeral on Monday of Mr. William Clarke Kendall, an Ulverston solicitor whose death occurred on Friday week at the age of 69, manifested the public’s deep sense of loss at a worthy townsman and a most generous and good natured gentleman.

Apart from the deceased’s numerous business colleagues and associates the many public and private institutions with which he was connected were strongly represented, while people of all stations, to whom he had endeared himself, were present in large numbers.

Prior to the interment at Pennington a service was held at Holy Trinity Church.

The rector, the Rev. J. Stuart Rimmer, M.A.. read the introductory sentences, the lesson was read by the Rev. Trevor J. Jones, M.A., R.D., (Dalton) and the prayers were read by the vicar the Rev. H. S. Betts, M.A. Mr. A. Nelson was at the organ, and the choir was in attendance. The psalm, “The Lord is my Shepherd”, and the hymn, “Abide with me”, were sung, and as the coffin was borne from the church the Nunc Dimittis was softly rendered.

Other clergy present were the Rev. Canon Kenworthy, M.A., vicar of Pennington, and the Rev. Canon T.P. Hartley, of Moorland, formerly vicar of Colton.

At the graveside in Pennington Churchyard, the Rev. T. P. Hartley pronounced the committal.

There then follows a lengthy list of mourners: family, firms and the general public, and a list of donors of wreaths, of which there were 100.

Barrow Herald 5 December 1891

While he was in London W.C. Kendall, who had been captain of Askam rugby team, played at least once for Rosslyn Park (Barrow Herald 10 October 1891).

The Examinations list for Law exams on 3 November 1891 names William Clarke Kendall B.A. of the Rundell Road address, employed by Mr. J. A. Dickinson, Paddington.

On qualification W.C. Kendall first had a partnership with William Postlethwaite in Barrow and Ulverston. The notice dissolving the partnership appeared in the London Gazette 19 January 1900.

The Tatler 6 August 1952

As is clear from the gravestone, William and Gladys had a son, (DoB 15 July 1925), named after his father William Clarke Kendall.

This son married Maire Prattley in Q2 1952 in the Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Registration District. Pictures of the wedding appeared in society magazine The Tatler 6 August 1952. 

Flight Lieutenant W. C. Kendall (57546) was stationed at RAF Oldenburg when he was killed on 16 August 1955, and buried in Ohlsdorf Military Cemetery, Germany. He was flying a Canadair Sabre F4 (Serial XB808) 20 Sqd. when it suffered a high speed stall during a high G manoeuvre when pulling up from an attack run on the Meppen Range, West Germany. It hit the ground and exploded killing the pilot. Read more

 

The obituary column of the Barrow News 20 August 1955 had:

ULVERSTON MAN KILLED IN FLYING ACCIDENT

Flight-Lieut. William Clarke Kendall, only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. W. C. Kendall, of Holm Nook, Ulverston, was killed in a flying accident in Germany on Tuesday.

Flight-Lieut. Kendall’s father was formerly senior partner in the firm of W. C. Kendall and Fisher, well-known local solicitors.

No details of the accident have yet been received by relatives, but Flight-Lieut. Kendall was a serving member of the Royal Air Force and was stationed in Germany, where his wife and two children were residing with him.

He was educated at Earseat School, Arnside, and Sedbergh.

NB This should read “Earnseat”, the history of which can be found here. 

 IN LOVING MEMORY OF
F/LT JIM GRUNDY
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 4TH OCT. 1943,
INTERRED AT MINDEN, AGED 30 YEARS.
AND F/LT. DENNIS GRUNDY, D.F.C.
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE 12TH DEC. 1944,
AGED 24 YEARS.
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA.
ALSO SAMUEL GRUNDY,
DIED 30TH NOV. 1948, AGED 68 YEARS.
AND OF EDITH EVELYN, HIS WIFE,
DIED 22ND JAN. 1959, AGED 77 YEARS.

FLT-LIEUT D. GRUNDY, ULVERSTON

R.A.F. colleagues of the late Flight-Lieut. Dennis Grundy, of Ulverston, acted as bearers at his funeral in Ulverston on Monday, and at the close of the impressive service in the Parish Church, bore aloft his coffin covered with the Union Jack as the mourners left the church.

The service was conducted by the Rector, the Rev. J. S. Rimmer, R. D., assisted by the Rev. H. G. Underhill, and the choir was in attendance, Mr. W. Rogers being at the organ. It included the Psalm “The Lord is My Shepherd”, the hymn “For all the Saints who from their labours rest”, and Nunc Dimittis.

The chief mourners were: Mr. and Mrs. S. Grundy, father and mother; Miss B. Grundy, sister; Mrs. J. A. Grundy, sister-in-law (widow of Flight-Lieut. J. A. Grundy); Mrs. N. Coates, Mrs. Davison, Mrs. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Horrocks, Miss D. Horrocks, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Todd, Corpl. Robin Todd, Mr. J. H. Cragild, Mrs. Cousins, Miss Terry, Miss Hobley, Mrs. Lionel Robinson, Lieut. H. Robinson, R.N., Mrs. Rimmer, Mrs. Salmon, Mrs. Lester, Mr. N. H. Rogers, Miss Hawkrigg, Miss Newby, Mr. H. Jenkins, Mrs. E. L. Robinson, Mr. C. P. Roberts, Mr. T. Park, Mrs. Barton, Mrs. G. Randall, Miss Randall, Miss K. T. Stevenson, Mrs. James Randall, Mr. E. Randall, Mr. S. Robinson, Mr. J. W. Miller, Mr. Collins, Mr. G. Knight, Mr. W. H. Thompson, Mr. A. Hine. Representing the R.A.F. were S.O. G. Goat, and Flight-Lieuts. W. Hughes, F. Mason, D. Jackson, F/Sgt. Erear. Floral tributes included tokens from the Commanding Officer C.G.J. Office, warrant officers and senior N.C.O.s of an R.A.F. Station.

Messrs. T. H. Cragild and Sons were the undertakers.

 1002123 SERGEANT
D. BELL
WIRELESS OPERATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
11TH DECEMBER 1942 AGED 22
 
 
ALSO HIS FATHER
JAMES BARTON BELL
5TH JUNE 1944 AGED 58
EVER LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
AND OF HIS MOTHER
MAY FRANCES BELL
23RD OCTOBER 1976 AGED 92

Wellington IC, X9622 of 26 Operational Training Unit. Took off at 18.15 from Little Horwood for a night cross country. At approx. 22.15, the bomber was seen in the circuit but as it turned towards the runway, it stalled and dived into the ground. On impact a column of smoke and flame shot into the night sky. The court of inquiry suggested that a film of rain across the windscreen may have distorted the pilot's vision.

The crew were: Sgt. E C Jones, Sgt. S R Appi, Sgt. W B Barclay, Sgt. Lennox, Sgt. D Bell killed instantly. F/Sgt. D J Clark survived the crash but died from his injuries the following day.

Furness Airman Killed

Numerous people in Ulverston and throughout Furness will hear with regret of the death on active service on 11 December of Sergeant Donald Bell, R.A.F. (V.R.), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barton Bell, of Mid Rowe, Pennington, and formerly of West-avenue, Barrow.

Twenty-two years of age, he was a grandson of the late Rev. J. Barton Bell, who, for many years was the esteemed Minister of the Congregational Church in Soutergate, Ulverston.

Educated at Barrow Grammar School, he was keenly interested in sport, and in the school cricket XI. He was on the staff of the Midland Bank at Liverpool until he volunteered for the R.A.F. in the summer of 1940. Sergeant Donald Bell was a wireless operator and gunner. A likeable fellow, his breezy personality won for him a wide circle of friends.

ALSO
THEIR GRANDSON
FT/LIEUT. LAURENCE MOORE, D.F.C.
OF PATHFINDER FORCE BOMBER COMMAND
KILLED AT GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY
21ST JUNE 1943 AGED 22 YEARS.
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

With his birth registered in Croydon in the second quarter of 1921, Flight Lieutenant Joseph Lawrence (sic) Moore died 25th June 1943, aged 22. He was piloting a Lancaster bomber (LM327-B) on a raid on Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Germany. His aircraft was shot down and all of the crew were killed.  He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

CREW   
Pilot: F/L Joseph Laurence Moore, DFC
F/E: F/Sgt Robert Alfred Kerckhove                                                       
Nav: S/L James Parker McMillin (RCAF)                                                  
B/A: P/O William James Stephen, DFM
W/Op: F/Sgt Alan Tomlinson
M/U Gunner: Sgt John William Darroch
Rear Gunner: Louis Leslie Davis
LANCASTER – LM327-B, 25 June 1943, lost without trace.

Awarded the D.F.C.

Among the latest awards for bravery is that of Pilot-Officer Joseph Lawrence Moore of Mitcham, who has been granted the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Pilot-Officer Moore was born at Mitcham in 1921, and commissioned in the R.A.F. in May, 1939.

His parents now live at Ulverston, where he received his education at the local Grammar School.

One [RAF officer] I shall never forget was a Canadian, the Station Navigation Officer, Wing Commander McMillin. Tall, prematurely grey, and I suppose in his early forties, he had a cheerful word for everyone and was adored by the whole camp, men and women alike. He came into the Met Office regularly and knew all our names. It seemed that he was extra attentive to me, and I heard via the grapevine that he always referred to me as ‘the little Waaf with starry eyes’. He had come unscathed through all his ops and then was reluctantly persuaded to become Navigation Officer, but he couldn’t bear being grounded. Whenever any crew member was laid off sick, Mac was there taking his place. One day, a pilot named Flt Mort had a sick navigator, and Mac eagerly jumped into the gap, in spite of people telling him that he must be mad to fly with a man who had a name like that. But it was all to no avail. Off he went with Mort, beaming happily, so delighted to be flying again, and yes – you’ve guessed it – Flt Mort’s plane was shot down in flames and no one got out. Well, the whole camp went into mourning. It was as though we had all lost our favourite brother. There was a shadow hanging over Bourn for a time and nothing was fun any more. What was it all about when someone like Mac could be snuffed out, just like that? What was God doing up there – taking a nap? In the end, of course, we all pulled our socks up and got on with the job. What else could we do? 

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DEAR HUSBAND
LAWRENCE MOORE
WHO FELL ASLEEP 31ST MAY 1920
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624120 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN

M. G. STABLES

ROYAL AIR FORCE

17TH MAY 1942 AGE 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE PERFECT PEACE

WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY

L.A.C. M. G. STABLES, URSWICK

The interment took place on Saturday afternoon at the Urswick Churchyard of the late Leading Aircraftman Malcolm George Stables, whose death took place while serving with H. M. Forces at the age of 22 years. Born at Urswick, he was the youngest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Harold Stables, of Glebe Farm, Marton, who formerly resided at Urswick. He was well known in the Furness District. Before joining the Air Force 3½ years ago he was employed at the Newton Mines, and the high esteem in which he was held was shown by the large gathering at the interment. The vicar, the Rev. G. J. Humphriss (sic), conducted the service and officiated at the graveside.

The mourners were: Mrs. H. Stables, mother; Mr. S. Stables, brother; Mr. and Mrs. G. Lyne, uncle and aunt; Mrs. Remington, aunt; Mr. and Mrs. R. Stables, uncle and aunt; Mrs. W. Stables, Mrs. J. Stables, aunts; Misses A. Stables and E. Stables and Mr. L. Stables, cousins; Bob (his pal), of “B” Flight, 111th Squadron; J. Little (Lindal), Mrs. Allonby (Dalton), Mrs. Penellum, Mrs. Holden, Mrs. Park, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Renolds (sic), Mrs. Morris, Mrs. W. Reed, Mrs. Edmondson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephenson, Mr. C. Hodgson, Mrs. Tyson (Lindal), Mrs. Oldcorn, Mrs. Jenkinson, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Hall, Mr. T. Ashburner, Mrs. Winder, Mr. J. Jackson, Mrs. G. Stephenson, Miss N. Stephenson.

The bearers were Messrs. D. Wilkinson, J. Garnett, W. Wood, and Barnes.

The many beautiful floral tributes included wreaths from the officers, N.C.O.s and pals, “B” Flight, 111th Squadron, manager and workmates, Newton Mines.

Mr. Gilchrist, Lindal, was the undertaker.