Private Patrick Kendall.
464 Royal Army Medical Corps 2/2nd E. Lancs Fld. Amb.
Died 13th August 1915 on the Royal Edward. Aged 33.
Patrick was born in the June quarter of 1882 in Burnley. The son of Francis Kendall and Bridget Thamion. In the 1891 census the family were living at 21 Hollingreave Rd, Burnley. Frank 48 miner, Bridget 43, Elizabeth 23 weaver, Mary Ellen 19 weaver, Martin 17 weaver, John 15 weaver, Anne 13 weaver, Francis 11 weaver, Patrick 9, Thomas 6, Sarah A 3, Luke 1 all born in Burnley except Martin who was born in Ireland.
Patrick married Rose Ann Gillespie in the Sept. quarter of 1904 in Burnley.
In the 1911 census Patrick (28) and Rose (27) were living at 208 Howard St, Burnley with Rose’s sisters, Mary 16, Winifred 13, and Margaret 11 all weavers.
From the Burnley News dated 1st September 1915: MISSING AND SAVED: AMBULANCE MEN ON ROYAL EDWARD.
During the Weekend official messages have been received by relatives of the Burnley and district men of the 2nd Field Ambulance East Lancs (reserve) RAMC, who were on the transport "Royal Edward", torpedoed in the Aegean Sea. In almost all these cases the men have been saved, considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the men of whom no tidings have yet been received.
Private Patrick Kendall.
No word has yet been received in respect of Private Kendall, RAMC, who was on the Royal Edward. He was 23 years of age and prior to enlisting was a weaver in the employ of the Self-Help Mill Company Healeywood Road.
From the Burnley news dated 18th September 1915: Deaths
Kendall: Private P Kendall, 464, 2 / to East Lancs RAMC, who lost his life on the Royal Edward in the Aegean Sea on August 13th. From his sorrowing wife, father, brothers and sister. "he gave his life for his country."-22b Burdett Street.
On the morning of 13 August, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant Zur See Heino Von Heimburg in the German submarine UB 14 was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Kandeloussa. He launched one of UB-14's two torpedoes from about 1 mile (1.6 km) away and hit Royal Edward in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes. Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn and rescued 440 men in six hours. Two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221. According to authors James Wise and Scott Baron, Royal Edward's death toll was 935 and was high because Royal Edward had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment. Other sources report different numbers of casualties, from 132 to 1,386 or 1,865. An Admiralty casualty list, published in The Times in September 1915, named 13 officers and 851 troops as missing believed drowned, a total of 864 lost.
Patrick left his effects to his widow Rose Ann.
Patrick lived at 22B Burdett St., Burnley
Patrick is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli: Panels 201 and 202, 236 to 239 and 328.