Two Brothers Serving in France, item 117
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304889, Pte, A. Rendell
"C" Coy, 21st Batt,
Hut C, 21 Worgret Camp
Wareham, Dorset
24 th Nov, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Anthony,
I used to be in the same crew as your husband and I used to be very friendly with him. Before we went into action we used to promise one another that if anything happened to any of us we would write and let our people know. I was very found of your husband as he was such a straight-forward man and so very nice to live with. I had been in action with him several times and I can assure you that he was as brave and cool a man in action as ever I have met. I wish I could have done something to help him but he and another driver were killed almost directly we were hit.
Our Tank was hit four times in rapid succession. I think everyone in the boy, liked your husband and were all very sorry when he was killed. I am sure that I shall remember him as long as I live, along with the other driver, as they were the two men that I liked best, amongst the many that I have met with in the Army. I think your husband was a religious man as he was always anxious to attend the services which our Padré used to hold on Sunday evenings when possible, and I used to go with him. He was killed on the 24th of Sept., at a small village called Flesquières, near Cambrai, and is buried in a cemetery there. I must conclude now, wishing you to accept my sincerest sympathy in your great loss.
From yours Sincerely.
A. Rendell.
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304889, Pte, A. Rendell
"C" Coy, 21st Batt,
Hut C, 21 Worgret Camp
Wareham, Dorset
24 th Nov, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Anthony,
I used to be in the same crew as your husband and I used to be very friendly with him. Before we went into action we used to promise one another that if anything happened to any of us we would write and let our people know. I was very found of your husband as he was such a straight-forward man and so very nice to live with. I had been in action with him several times and I can assure you that he was as brave and cool a man in action as ever I have met. I wish I could have done something to help him but he and another driver were killed almost directly we were hit.
Our Tank was hit four times in rapid succession. I think everyone in the boy, liked your husband and were all very sorry when he was killed. I am sure that I shall remember him as long as I live, along with the other driver, as they were the two men that I liked best, amongst the many that I have met with in the Army. I think your husband was a religious man as he was always anxious to attend the services which our Padré used to hold on Sunday evenings when possible, and I used to go with him. He was killed on the 24th of Sept., at a small village called Flesquieres, near Cambrai, and is buried in a cemetery there. I must conclude now, wishing you to accept my sincerest sympathy in your great loss.
From yours Sincerely.
A. Rendell.
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304889, Pte, A. Rendell
"b" boy, 21st Batt,
Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp
Wareham, Dorset
24 th Nov, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Anthony,
I used to be in the same crew as your husband and I used to be very friendly with him. Before we went into action we used to promise one another that if anything happened to any of us we would write and let our people know. I was very found of your husband as he was such a straight-forward man and so very nice to live with. I had been in action with him several times and I can assure you that he was as brave and cool a man in action as ever I have met. I wish I could have done something to help him but he and another driver were killed almost directly we were hit.
Our Tank was hit four times in rapid succession. I think everyone in the boy, liked your husband and were all very sorry when he was killed. I am sure that I shall remember him as long as I live, along with the other driver, as they were the two men that I liked best, amongst the many that I have met with in the Army. I think your husband was a religious man as he was always anxious to attend the services which our Padré used to hold on Sunday evenings when possible, and I used to go with him. He was killed on the 24th of Sept., at a small village called Flesquieres, near Cambrai, and is buried in a cemetery there. I must conclude now, wishing you to accept my sincerest sympathy in your great loss.
From yours Sincerely.
A. Rendell.
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304889, Pte, A. Rendell
"b" boy, 21st Batt,
Hut b, 21 Worgret Camp
Wareham, Dorset
24 th Nov, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Anthony,
I used to be in the same crew as your husband and
I used to be very friendly with him. Before we went into action we used to promise one another that if anything happened to any of us we would write and let our people know. I was very found of your husband as he was such a straight-forward man and so very nice to live with. I had been in action with him several times and I can assure you that he was as brave and cool a man in action as ever I have met. I wish I could have done something to help him but he and another driver were killed almost directly we were hit.
Our Tank was hit four times in rapid succession. I think everyone in the boy, liked your husband and were all very sorry when he was killed. I am sure that I shall remember him as long as I live, along with the other driver, as they were the two men that I liked best, amongst the many that I have met with in the Army. I think your husband was a religious man as he was always anxious to attend the services which our Padré used to hold on Sunday evenings when possible, and I used to go with him. He was killed on the 24th of Sept., at a small village called Flesquieres, near Cambrai, and is buried in a cemetery there. I must conclude now, wishing you to accept my sincerest sympathy in your great loss.
From yours Sincerely.
A. Rendell.
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Flesquières, Nord, France
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Document location Flesquières, Nord, France
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- 5196 / 61627
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- Tony Burns Langenegger
November 24, 1918 – November 24, 1918
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www.cwgc.orgCommonwealth War Graves Commission details of grave of Angus Scott Anthony, Tank Corps, 307160, died 29.9.1918, buried Flesquières
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