Frederick Denys Kendall

1899 – 1918

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67th Wing, Royal Air Force. Killed in action on the 30th of August 1918, aged 19. Frederick Denys Kendall was born at Bangalore in India on the 27th of October 1898, the son of Richard Henry Kendall and Laura Kendall, later of Brazil and of Emerson Park, Hornchurch in Essex. He was educated at Clifford School, 2 Clifford Villas, Beckington in Bath and at Kent College in Canterbury from the 5th of September 1913 to the 22nd of December 1915. On the 23rd of February 1916, Frederick joined Willis Faber & Company Ltd, Lloyd's brokers, where he worked as a junior broker until the 1st of February 1917. He enlisted as Rifleman 305069 in the 3/5th (County of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) before joining the Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to No. 1 Officer Cadet Wing on the 8th of October 1917 and was posted to Bristol on the 8th of February 1918. On the 28th of April 1918 he was posted to No. 6 School of Aeronautics and on the 25th of May he joined the Armament School at Uxbridge. Frederick later joined No. 1 Fighting School where he qualified as a DH4 pilot. 67th Wing was formed from aircraft and crew from 226 and 227 Squadrons and was based at Taranto in Italy, operating DH4 aircraft in a bomber role. On the 30th of August 1918 aircraft from 67th Wing, Royal Air Force set out on a bombing raid from Taranto, routing over the Adriatic, to attack targets at Cattaro in Austria. On their return three aircraft crashed in bad weather and a fourth crashed while trying to land at Valona. The dead were: Lieutenant Jack Eric Watkins 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Denys Kendall Gunlayer Observer Arthur H. Wynn 2nd Lieutenant George William Cooper 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Belmont Hubbard Corporal Edward Sutcliffe Frederick is commemorated on the Willis Faber war memorial at the Willis Building in Lime Street and on the memorial at Kent College. He is buried at Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Grave 1620. https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/ww1booklet20141111/1/WW1booklet20141111.pdf