BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM & HANNAH ELLIS TINDALL (1855-1930), OF 10, BISHOP LANE, HULL. ONE OF SIX SONS AND TWO MARRIED SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A WAREHOUSE LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 253, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 33461, 9TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/9/1917, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE. WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, 17781, CHRISTOPHER BELL TINDALL, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHO WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 22.
ANOTHER BROTHER, JOHN TINDALL, 27TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, WAS DISCHARGED WOUNDED, ON 31/07/1917 AND DIED IN 1924, AGED 38.
| Name | Walter Henry Tindall |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1892. Son of Mrs. Hannah Ellis Tindall of 30, Bishop Lane, Lowgate, Hull, and the late William Tindall. |
| Death Date | 20 Sep 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) |
| Battalion | 9th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 33461 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 253, East Yorks Regt. |