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Thomas Edward Rendle

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Thomas Edward Rendle
Born14 December 1884
Bedminster, Bristol, England
Died1 June 1946 (aged 61)
Cape Town, South Africa
Buried
Maitland Road No 1 Cemetery, Cape Town
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1902-20
RankSergeant
UnitDuke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsVictoria Cross
Order of St. George 4th Class (Russia)

Sergeant 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 forces.

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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, 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.[1]

Later life

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Rendle later achieved the rank of sergeant.

Rendle was a Freemason and was initiated into Needles Lodge No. 2838 on the Isle of Wight on 2 August 1916.[2]

After the war, he emigrated to South Africa where he became bandmaster of the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles.

The medal

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His VC is displayed at the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum in Victoria Barracks, Bodmin, Cornwall.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 29037". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 January 1915. p. 365.
  2. ^ "Five freemasons from the province who won VCs". Insight (The Journal of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Freemasonry) (14): 18–19. November 2017.

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