STENDALL J.
Joseph Stendall
Corporal 306703
2nd/8th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Joseph Stendall died on Friday 27 April 1917, Age 22, and was commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born in 1895, the son of Joseph and Bessie Ann Stendall. Joseph Stendall sr. was a Bricklayer and a native of Sutton-in-Ashfield, who married Bessey Ann Binkley at St Mary's Church, Sutton, in November 1881. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living at 13 Bentinck Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham.
Joseph’s unit was sent to Ireland in the early stages of the War & was used to quell the "Easter Uprising" in 1916. The unit was sent to France late 1916 or early 1917 where Joseph died in battle.
The Stendall family grave is located in Sutton cemetery near the War memorial. The inscription reads:
Bessie Ann beloved wife of Joseph Stendall, died Jan 7th 1928, aged 65 years.
Also Gertrude & Lilly daughters of the above died Nov 12th 1919.
Joseph the beloved husband of Bessie Ann Stendall, died July 27th 1917. Aged 59 years.
Beloved Son Joseph Stendall, killed in action (France) April 27th 1917. Buried at Hargicourt. Aged 22 years.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 26th April 1918
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
JOSEPH STENDALL. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, 2/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Cpl 306703, Killed In Action, France & Flanders 27th April 1917.
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by Helen Wilson
