WW1 PAIR,16th RIFLE BRIGADE / St PANCRAS PALS, KILLED IN ACTION F&F 31-7-1917

WW1 Pair
To- S-25817.PTE.F.BENDALL.RIF.BRIG.
Frederick Bendall was born & lived in Marylebone, Middlesex & enlisted in Holborn. He was killed in action in France & Flanders 31-7-1917 serving with the 16th service battalion of the Rifle Brigade. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Menin gate memorial at Ypres.
NEF & Complete with MIC details. Along with details from both SDGW & the CWGC
16th (St Pancras) Battalion, Rifle Brigade was raised in the Borough of St. Pancras on the 2nd of April 1915 by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. After initial training close to home, they moved to Paddockhurst. In August 1915 they joined 117th Brigade, 39th Division at Hursley Park. In November they moved to Aldershot for a brief spell then to Whitley for final training. They proceeded to France on the 8th of March 1916, landing at Le Havre, the division concentrating near Blaringhem. On the 30th June 1916 they were in action in an attack near Richebourg l'Avoue with the Sussex battalions suffered heavy casualties. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including, the fighting on the Ancre, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre heights and the capture of Schwaben Reddoubt and Stuff Trench as well as The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they fought in The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood and The Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action at The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Bapaume and The Battle of Rosieres before moving to Flanders. They took part n The fighting on Wytschaete Ridge, The First and Second Battle of Kemmel and The Battle of the Scherpenberg. The Division had suffered heavy losses and they were reduced to a cadre on the 16th of May and took on a role supervising courses of instruction for newly arrived American troops, beginning with units of the 77th American Division at Wolphus. On the 16th of August the St Pancras Rifles moved to Abancourt to join 197th Brigade, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division and on the 20th of September took up duties on lines of Communication work.

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