Sergeant
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Thomas Edward Rendle
VC (14 December 1884 – 1 June 1946) was a
British Army soldier and an
English recipient of the
Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to
British and
Commonwealth
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forces.
Details
He was 29 years old, and a
bandsman in the 1st Battalion,
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry,
British Army during the
First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 20 November 1914 near
Wulverghem
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,
Belgium, Bandsman Rendle attended to the wounded under very heavy rifle and shell fire and rescued men from the trenches in which they had been buried from the blowing in of the parapets by the fire of the enemy's heavy howitzers.
Later life
Rendle later achieved the rank of
sergeant
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.
Rendle was a
Freemason
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and was initiated into Needles Lodge No. 2838 on the Isle of Wight on 2 August 1916.
After the war, he emigrated to
South Africa where he became bandmaster of the
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles.
The medal
His VC is displayed at the
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum in
Victoria Barracks, Bodmin,
Cornwall.
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1884 births
1946 deaths
Military personnel from Bristol
British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry soldiers
British Army personnel of World War I
English emigrants to South Africa
British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
British military musicians
South African Army personnel
Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England
Burials in South Africa
Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree