Lendrems in the Great War
Lendrems in the American Civil War
FURTHER INFORMATION
ROBERT LENDREM 1892-1917
GEORGE ROBERT LENDREM 1893-1916
George Robert Lendrem was born in Barnard Castle in 1893. His father William Lendrem was a general labourer working in Barnard Castle. William married Sarah Elizabeth. William died when Robert was just 5 years old. In 1914 he enlisted with the 20th Hussars and became Private George Robert Lendrem (Service Number 10817). George Robert was killed in action on the 25th September 1916 at the battle of the Somme. His body was never found. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing near the village of Thiepval.
Robert Lendrem 1891-1917
From Hexham. Fought in The Great War with the Northumberland Fusiliers. Died during the Second Battle of Paaschendaele. See below.
James Lendrem 1891-1967
From Durham. Fought in Flanders during The Great War with the Durham Light Infantry. Survived.
George Robert Lendrem 1888-1916
From Barnard Castle. Fought in Flanders during The Great War with the 20th Hussars. Died at the Battle of the Somme. See below.
William Lendrem 1891-1968
From Barnard Castle. Fought in The Middle East during The Great War with the Worcestershire Yeomanry. Wounded during the cavalry charge at Huj. Court martialled in Jerusalem and transferred to the Royal Engineers. Survived.
John William Lendrem 1881-1966
Elder brother of George Robert Lendrem (1888-1916) and James Lendrem (1891-1967). Born in Barnard Castle, emigrated to the US where he enlisted with the US Expeditionary Force. Has the dubious distinction of having enlisted in both WW1 and WW2. Survived both.
Lendrems in the Second World War
Dennis Lendrem 1923-2003
Served in the Royal Navy principally in the Mediterranean. Survived the sinking of HMS Medway off Alexandria. The Sinking of HMS Medway Further details to follow.
Joseph Ralston Lendrem 1890-
Right now all we have is his draft papers from the Bronx in New York. Any information welcomed!
Lendrems in the American Civil War
Thomas Lendrem
Served in the Pennsylvania Volunteers on the Union side. Another recent discovery. Information welcomed!
FURTHER INFORMATION
ROBERT LENDREM 1892-1917
Robert Lendrem was born in Hexham in 1892. His father George Lendrem was brought up in Barnard Castle and moved to Hexham with his work as a clogger. There he met and married Alice Chicken. George died when Robert was just 12 years old. On leaving school, Robert worked for Messrs W.A. Temperley, Seed Merchants of Beaumont Street, Hexham. By now he and his mother lived around the corner in 13 Market Place, Hexham opposite the Abbey. In 1914 he enlisted with the 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and became Private Robert Lendrem (4/3703). In 1916 he transferred to the 5th Battalion (242356). In 1917 he was wounded and suffered compound fractures of the chest. Upon recuperating he returned to his battalion only to die later that year at Paaschendaele.
At 5.40am on the 26th October 1917 Robert was part of the fatal attack just outside the village of Paaschendaele. Rain was falling heavily. Soldiers struggled through the mud attempting to keep pace with the creeping barrage set down before them. The Northumberland Fusiliers attacked the strong German positions close to the Houthulst Forest.
The conditions that day were appalling.
"Each side (of the duckboard) was a sea of mud. You stumbled and slid along. If you slipped you went up to the waist, not only that but in every pool you fell in there were decomposed bodies of humans and mules. If you were wounded and slipped off, well that was the end of you.Warrant Officer Richard Tobin, Hood Battalion
A vivid description of the fatal attack by the Northumberland Fusiliers comes from one of the survivors Private Joseph Pickard (In, Steel, N., Hart,P. 2000 Paaschendaele: The Sacrificial Ground Cassell Military Publications, London).
"You were just sitting on the edge of this shell hole with your feet in the water. The ground was yellowy green, soft quicksand. I got one leg in there and two fellows got hold of my rifle and pulled me out. You were plunging forward - you couldn't walk - there was nothing to be seen, your mind and thoughts were on the ground you were travelling on, avoiding quicksands. A whole roof of shells and God knows what on top of you. Machine guns whistling past your ear, whizz bangs - God there was everything! There was nobody left when we got to the wire. We just thought, 'God, we've got here! How are we going to get back?"Private Joseph Pickard, 1/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Machine gun fire was intense - both from the wood on the left and the concrete emplacements on the right. It is likely that Robert was killed by this murderous fire before falling into the mud of Paaschendaele. His body was never found.
He is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing at Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen in Flanders. His mother Alice Lendrem died in Hexham in 1921.
GEORGE ROBERT LENDREM 1893-1916
George Robert Lendrem was born in Barnard Castle in 1893. His father William Lendrem was a general labourer working in Barnard Castle. William married Sarah Elizabeth. William died when Robert was just 5 years old. In 1914 he enlisted with the 20th Hussars and became Private George Robert Lendrem (Service Number 10817). George Robert was killed in action on the 25th September 1916 at the battle of the Somme. His body was never found. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing near the village of Thiepval.
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