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Military service
Age:
44
Rank:
Chaplain 4th Class
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Chaplain Service
Division:
attd. Royal Canadian Engineers, H.Q. 1 Corps.
Birth:
October 27, 1899
Gloucester, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 18, 1939
Montreal, Québec
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III, C, 5.
Additional information
Son of George Ashton and Frances Wolfendale. Husband of Esther Florence Wolfendale, of Golden Lake, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Chaplain 4th Class George Hedley Wolfendale
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Photo of George Wolfendale
Serving with the RCAMC was Corporal George Hedley Wolfendale, a priest of the Church of England who had enlisted at the outbreak of war. At the time of the bombing of All Saints Church in Merstham, England and the resulting injuries to the vicar, he took over and saw that life and worship of the church continued. He would never forget the parishioners of South Merstham, and how his engineering connections enabled him to realise the dream of giving them a new church. -
Newspaper Clipping
From scrapbook of clippings from undated wartime Ottawa newspapers kept by Ethel May (Moore) Guertin, Gatineau (Aylmer), Quebec. -
Newspaper Clipping
From scrapbook of clippings from undated wartime Ottawa newspapers kept by Ethel May (Moore) Guertin, Gatineau (Aylmer), Quebec. -
Press Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Beechwood National Military Cemetery Hall of Colours Military Chaplains stained glass window -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class George Hedley Wolfendale
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 482 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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