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.