Reverend Charles Lees Bedale
Royal Army Chaplains Dept.
Commemorated War Memorial, Manchester University.
From 1911:
Charles Lees Bedale
Age in 1911: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Eccles, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: South Manchester
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: Park End Didsbury Park Didsbury
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Wesleyan Methodist Minister
Registration district: Chorlton
Registration District Number: 464
Sub-registration district: Didsbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 01
Piece: 23658
Charles Lees Bedale 31
Dorothy Rendel Bedale 29
Mary Frances Rendel Bedale 1
From 1881:
Name: Charles Lees Bedale
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thos.Alfd. Bedale
Mother's name: Mary Bedale
Gender: Male
Where born: Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Barton Upon Irwell
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: Mayfield Rd 28
Education:
Employment status:
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Registration district: Barton Upon Irwell
Sub-registration district: Barton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3880
Folio: 32
Page Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Thos.Alfd. Bedale 28
Mary Bedale 30
Charles Lees Bedale 1
Wills and Administrations:
Name: Charles Lees Bedale
Probate Date: 12 Jun 1919
Death Date: 8 Mar 1919
Death Place: Cambridgeshire, England
Registry: London
Died at the 1st Eastern General Hospital Cambridge. Probate to Widow. Effects £1590 12s 7d.
From the GWGC Database:
Name: BEDALE, The Rev. CHARLES LEES
Initials: C L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class (4th Class = Captain)
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Age: 39
Date of Death: 08/03/1919
Additional information: Son of T. A. and M. Bedale, of Eccles, Manchester; husband of Dorothy Rendel Bedale, of "Fieldside", Barton Rd., Cambridge.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 24. B. 26.
Cemetery: CAMBRIDGE (HISTON ROAD) CEMETERY
Memorial Inscription at B13.282 Headstone and curb. On west face of headstone, IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / AMBROSE BASIL WHIBLEY / WHO DIED MARCH 16 1918 / AGED 51 YEARS / RESTING. On the curb, in metal letters, on west face of east end, FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. On south face of north side, CHARLES LEES BEDALE DIED MARCH 8TH 1919 AGED 39 YEARS. On north face of south side, DOROTHY BENDEL BEDALE DIED MAY 5TH 1954 AGED 72 YEARS. On east face of headstone, IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / CATHERINE MARY WHIBLEY / WIFE OF H.C. WHIBLEY / DIED APRIL 25 1928 / AGED ?? YEARS / ALSO HERBERT GEORGE WHIBLEY '/ BORN MAY 2ND 1863 DIED JAN 13TH 1937.
Source for above which includes photo of grave:
www.histonroadcemetery.org/graves/WW1/RCLBedale.htmlServed in France Date of Entry 15th Aug 1916
Widows Address given as Woodhurst, Madingley Road. Cambridge
He returned to the UK 8th Feb 1919 but sadly died exactly a month later.
From Cambridge University Alumini :
Name: Charles Lees. Bedale
College: CLARE
Entered: Michs. 1898
More Information: Adm. at CLARE, Apr. 22, 1898. [S. of —, of Worsley, Lancs.] School, Manchester. Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1901; M.A. 1905. Of Didsbury College, Manchester. In the Great War, Chaplain to the Forces, at the 1st Eastern Military Hospital, Cambridge. Died Mar. 8, 1919, aged 39, at Cambridge. (Scott, MSS.; The Times, Mar. 15, 1919; Univ. War List.)
The Hospital:
1st Eastern General. A TF General Hospital in Cambridge. 151 officers and 1191 other ranks.
Info:
The Territorial Force General Hospitals
A number of hospitals had been identified before the war for use and operation by the Territorial Force. They were generally based at existing hospitals and other large facilities. For example, the 1st Southern General Hospital was based on the Great Hall at the University of Birmingham. They did not exist as such prior to the war other than for training purposes, but were mobilised in August 1914. All were expanded during war time, not only on the primary sites but with the addition of Auxiliary Hospitals and annexes. They were staffed by a mixture of TF Nursing Service personnel and volunteers from many different organisations.
The First Eastern General Hospital was a military hospital established by Royal Army Medical Corps in 1908 provisional upon mobilization. Many of Addenbrooke's medical and nursing staff served on its staff in both world wars. The Matron of Addenbrooke's was also the Matron of the First Eastern. During World War I the hospital had its headquarters in Trinity College, with beds in the Leys School and in the grounds of Trinity College, and later in temporary buildings on the cricket grounds of Clare College and King's College to the south of Burrell's Walk, with over 1500 beds by the end of 1915. The hospital continued its war duties until 1920. Wounded soldiers were also offered beds in Addenbrooke's itself, Albert, Griffiths and Bowtell wards being commandeered for this purpose and regarded as an extension of the First Eastern. The last soldiers were withdrawn from these wards in March 1919, 2885 having been admitted since 1915. During World War II the First Eastern became known as the Twentieth General Hospital. It was commanded by Charles Budd, who had been Senior Anaesthetist at Addenbrooke's. The Leys School, which had been evacuated to Pitlochry, was opened as an annexe of Addenbrooke's.
Photo's of Hospital:
www.roll-of-honour.com/Medical/CambridgeEasternNo1Hospital.html