WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 1341[RAMC] 528230[AVL] |
Sergeant Cyril Walker Kendrick | Royal Army Medical Corps 1st London Sanitary Company 109th San Sec RAMC (T) |
born 1888 |
| Medal roll | Remarks on Medal roll “reverts to Pte on ceasing to perform
duties of appointment.” No service/pension records exist on Ancestry  Photo courtesy of Jill Kendrick |
From InvasionZone.com: The 1st London (City of London) Sanitary Company were an experimental Territorial unit which was formed in 1908, and were based at the Duke of York's Barracks in Chelsea. When they renumbered the RAMC Territorial's in 1917, the 1st London Sanitary Company were allocated the block 527001 to 531000.[Note Cyril’s number was 52830] The RAMC Sanitary Sections (SS) first entered Theatre around early to mid-1915, when one section was attached to each Division and worked in conjunction with the three Field Ambulances. However, they didn't come directly under Corps or Army control until March 1917 onwards. A typical SS consisted of just 25 men, with either a Lt or 2nd Lt Commanding, with 2 Sergeants, 2 Corporals and 20 Privates. It was also only trained personnel who were used in these units which included, Sanitary Inspectors, Architects, Engineers and Builders etc. |
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| Medal card | Awarded Victory and British medals. | Acting Sgt RAMC | |
| Bingham Rural District Council Minutes | Bingham RDC minutes, September 3rd 1914. “The Inspector of Nuisances etc. (Mr C W Kendrick) handed in a letter stating that he was prepared in view of the present crisis to offer himself for army service, but as his work under the council was of a rather exceptional nature he would be glad of an expression of the Council’s opinion as to his duty in the matter – whether they considered he ought to remain and carry out the sanitary work and other public schemes in hand, or volunteer for service. After consideration of the letter Mr Kendrick was informed that the council were of the opinion that under all the circumstances his duty lay in the continued performance of his public work at home.” |
Despite this decision, Cyril seems to have become a Territorial a couple of years later. |
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| The Sanitary Squad |  Photo courtesy of Jill Kendrick |
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Family history etc
| Cyril Walker Kendrick | |||
| 1888 FREEBMD |
Born Shepton Mallet, JUL –SEP | ||
| Census 1891 | Lived at 49 High St. Shepton Malletwith: Father: Thomas, W b 1859 Lea Marston, Warwickshire Mother: Gertrude, b 1867 Bideford, Devon |
Grocer & Drug dealer |
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| Census 1901 | Lived at No 1 Charlton Road, The Charlton Inn , Shepton Mallet with: Great Aunt: Jane Candy, b.1836 Mother: Gertrude W Kendrick Sister Dorothy M, b 1893 Shepton Mallet AND Epsy M Wear, b.1884 Shepton Mallet |
Inn Keeper Servant |
Father Thomas was a boarder at the Church Army Home in Watling Street, Leicester. His occupation was Chemist and drug dealer. |
| Census 1911 | Boarder at Market Place, Ripley, Derbyshire with: Emma Moor Foot, b. 1852 Ripley Elizabeth Lilian Massam, b. 1865 Mile End, London And Bertha Ray, b. 1886 Riddings, Derbys And Boarders: Matilda Saville, b. 1889 Portslade Sussex Francis William Duey, b. 1890 Wantage, Bucks Charles William Barlow, b.1881 Castleton, Lancs |
Assistant Surveyor, Ripley UDC Ironmonger Ironmonger’s Assistant [note not transcribed from original] Servant Trained certificated Asst. Teacher, Ripley UDC Trained certificated Asst. Teacher, Derby Educ. Cttee. Clothiers Manager |
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| 1918 AVL | Porchester Terrace | ||
| 1924 FREEBMD | Married Dorothy M Kaye at Shardlow, Derbyshire APR-JUN Children: Michael Kaye Kendrick, b. 1928 Bingham. Jill S Kendrick, b. 1931 Bingham |
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| 1939 Register | Cherry Street, Bingham Cyril Walker Kendrick, b. 7 June 1888, married Dorothy M Kendrick b. 5 Aug 1900, married One closed record |
Surveyor (Municipal); Deputy Sub-controller Bingham ARP; Assistant
Director Rescue and Dev. Local fuel Overseer ; Local Post Officer. [It is not clear whether some of these roles applied to Dorothy.) |
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| 1967 | Died Bingham SEP qtr. aged 79 Cyril was a member of the Bingham branch of The Royal British Legion |
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