29 September 2009

T/73020 Driver Fred Martindale, Royal Army Service Corps

T/73020 Driver Fred Martindale of the Royal Army Service Corps died on 29th September 1943. He was 38 years old, the son of Herbert and Clara Helen Martindale, of Bradford, Yorkshire, and the husband of Edith Martindale of Manningham, Bradford.

Fred was born in Bradford and living there when he joined up. He was serving with the 18th Divisional Transport Company at the time of his death, and is buried in Thanbyuzayat Cemetery in Malyasia, grave reference B6.M.8.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (1939-1945 Roll of Honour)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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