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Location
In Parkhurst Military Cemetery, Forest Road, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight Description Standard CWGC headstone. WW II pattern. Grave location : Plot 14. Grave 206. (CWGC) | Local plan : 102 |
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Headstone
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Inscription
PILOT OFFICER G E RENDLE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 7TH JUNE 1944 AGE 24 + HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED A TOKEN OF LOVE TO GEORGE (on vase) Further Information
CWGC record ...
IOWFHS War Service Reports entry Pilot Officer George Ernest Rendle, son of Thomas and Frances Rendle of West Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire. His occupation is given as Storeman on the Australian War Memorial records.P/O Rendle served with 181 Squadron Royal Air Force at Hurn, equipped with Hawker Typhoon aircraft on close bombing and rocket missions in support of the invasion forces on the Normandy beaches. Rendle, flying Typhoon Mk.Ib JR244, was hit by flak and crashed into the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Information from John Bloodworth |
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