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Pte. Chas.Pendry Killed in Action. i ' ' 0 »Still another name has to be added to the honor roll of Creston Valley soldier boys ‘gone weatj’ word reaching Creston on Monthly that Pte. Charles Pendry had been killed in action on March 1st.The iate Pte. (Pendry enlistedand trained' With the 103rd Battalion at Victoria, g^haig, overseas in July last.He was detain in England for almost eight months where.^he^/was a drill in-strtictor in one, :«f cajarpo. Early in February he asked for a transfer to the 54tji Battalion, 0jtn~ order to get assrass w tue nghtihg in France, and on the 14th of |February he went over with a draft. It would possibly be the 10th or 17tfa before he would get into action, which means that he had FeiSs than two weeks in the trenches Fef6re being killed.Charlie was quite well known in both Creston and ..Erickson, having worked for a couple of years with Frank Putnam just prior to enlisting, and was well liked by all who enjoyed his acquaintance. He owned a place in the Alice Siding district on which his brother, Arthur, is at present wintering seyeral head of stock, and to whom the bad tidings came by letter from his mother. One othee member of the family is also with th e British forces at the front.
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Creston Review
Creston, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Apr 06, 1917
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