30th July 1888 - 23rd April 1917 (age 28)
Serjeant 200088
4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Frederick Bendelow was killed in action during the Second Battle of The
Scarpe in the same engagement as Fredrick Ayre.
The 4th Yorkshires were attacking from Wancourt along the Cojeul River
and they suffered 352 killed or wounded. Frederick has no known grave
and is remembered on the Arras Memorial, bay 5. This memorial commemorates
36,000 missing in the battles around Arras. Frederick had enlisted at
Thirsk and stated that he was born there.
There were two Frederick Bendelows associated with Sowerby during the early
1900s. Gary Smith of York is interested in the Bendelow family histories
and he did some research to determine which was the one lost in the War:
Our Frederick John Bendelow was born 30th July 1888, the son of William
and Hannah. They lived on the Flatts where William was a coal leader on
his own account. Frederick was admitted to Sowerby Junior School on 25th
January 1898 when transferring from Thirsk R.C. School. It appears that
he was actually christened as Myers Johnson Bendelow but he went by the
name of Frederick in the 1901 census and in later years when he joined the Army.
The information on this page was compiled by Steve Billings.
Information about Frederick Bendelow on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
Information about Frederick Bendelow on the War Graves Photographic Project website
Information about Frederick Bendelow on the Yorkshire Regiment - First World War Remembrance website