George Kendall was a Methodist minister, senior military chaplain, historian, patriot, advisor, modern prison, health and education service pioneer; lecturer, musician, impresario, orator, antiques expert, humourist and writer who lived in Britain between 1881 and 1961. From a working-class background, his vocation led him to work throughout Britain and Ireland. Kendall also served abroad for over six years with the British Army - being honoured with one of the first military OBEs awarded by King George V at the end of the First World War. Refusing further official honours, Kendall spent most of the last 35 years of his life living and working amongst the poor in the East End of London. George Kendall's autobiography contains hundreds of names - famous, infamous and neither - that personally moulded, educated and informed him and his life mission. Their cumulative legacy was the country that by the late 1950s, could rightfully claim to be the most advanced in the world. Kendall was married twice: firstly to Emily, who died in 1933, and then Winifred, with whom he had four children. David and his only daughter, Rosemary, survive - living in Poole, England and Vancouver, Canada respectively.
