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304889, Pte. A. Rendell

"C" Company, 21st Batt,

Hut C, 21 Worgret Camp

Wareham, Dorset

29 th Nov, 1918.

Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                       Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and

the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown

off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-

gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received

no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the

wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and

Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank

and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition

in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire

all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to

wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The guards

advanced then and I took one of them to a dressing station about a mile away,


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304889, Pte. A. Rendell

"C" Company, 21st Batt,

Hut C, 21 Worgret Camp

Wareham, Dorset

29 th Nov, 1918.

Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                       Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and

the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown

off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-

gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received

no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the

wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and

Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank

and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition

in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire

all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to

wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The guards

advanced then and I took one of them to a dressing station about a mile away,



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  • March 3, 2018 16:02:58 Stella Watkin

    304889, Pte. A. Rendell

    "C" Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut C, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

    struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

    was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

    had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

    blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and

    the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown

    off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-

    gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received

    no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the

    wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and

    Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank

    and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition

    in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire

    all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to

    wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The guards

    advanced then and I took one of them to a dressing station about a mile away,


  • March 3, 2018 16:02:19 Stella Watkin

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

    struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

    was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

    had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

    blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and

    the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown

    off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-

    gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received

    no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the

    wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and

    Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank

    and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition

    in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire

    all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to

    wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The guards

    advanced then and I took one of them to a dressing station about a mile away,



  • March 3, 2018 16:02:12 Stella Watkin

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

    struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

    was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

    had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

    blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and

    the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown

    off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-

    gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received

    no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the

    wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and

    Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank

    and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition

    in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire

    all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to

    wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The guards

    advanced then and I took one of them to a drerssing station about a mile away,



  • March 3, 2018 16:00:45 Stella Watkin

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

    struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

    was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

    had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

    blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and

    the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown

    off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-

    gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received

    no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the

    wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and

    Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The gaurds ...  advanced then and I took one of them to a drerssing station about a mile away,



  • March 3, 2018 15:59:21 Stella Watkin

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

    struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

    was taken suddenly.  I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I

    had no idea he was hit till it was too late.  The first shell that hit the Tank

    blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The gaurds ...  advanced then and I took one of them to a drerssing station about a mile away,



  • March 3, 2018 15:58:55 Stella Watkin

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always

    struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him if he

    was taken suddenly. I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I had no idea he was hit till it was too late. The first shell that hit the Tank blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The gaurds ...  advanced then and I took one of them to a drerssing station about a mile away,



  • March 3, 2018 15:58:11 Stella Watkin

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your

    letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not

    know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a

    sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, "Bonny Auld Scotland,

    I wonder if I shall ever see it again". I suppose I must live in hope if I die

    in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him i f he was taken suddenly. I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I had no idea he was hit till it was too late. The first shell that hit the Tank blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The gaurds ...  advanced then and I took one of them to a drerssing station about a mile away,



  • January 23, 2018 09:11:00 Raluca Man

    304889, Gte, A. Rendell

    ``b`` Company, 21st Batt,

    Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp

    Wareham, Dorset

    29 th Nov, 1918.

    Dear Mrs Anthony,

                                           Just a few lines to let you know that I received your letter, and to give you any information that I can concerning your husband. I do not know whither he had any presentiment of his death but I remember him having a sprig of white heather just before he was killed, and he said, ``Bonny Auld Scotland, I wonder if I shall ever see it again``. I suppose I must live in hope if I die in despair. We were all expecting to be killed or wounded, but your husband always struck me as man who tried to live a life that would prepare him i f he was taken suddenly. I wish I had been with him in his last few minutes, but I had no idea he was hit till it was too late. The first shell that hit the Tank blew the hand off one of the gunners, beside severely wounding another of them and the Officer. When we got out of the Tank the man who had his hand blown off, was killed by a shell, and another of the crew was hit with a machine-gun bullet through his chest and back. I shouted to your husband but received no answer, so I surmised that he had got out the other side. We helped the wounded men to a German trench, and I asked them which way Anthony and Hellens had gone. They had not seen them, so I crawled back to the Tank and saw then that a shell had burst directly over their heads. By this time all the ammunition in the Tank was exploding, and there was still heavy machine-gun and rifle fire all around it. This was about ten oclock in the morning, and we had to wait till six oclock at night before we could get our wounded away. The gaurds ...  advanced then and I took one of them to a drerssing station about a mile away,



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