BORN SCARBOROUGH 1887. WORKED AS A PORTER IN A BOARDING HOUSE. MARRIED IN HULL IN 1909. WIFE MABEL ANN PRESTON LIVED ABOVE. ENLISTED SCARBOROUGH. ATTACHED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, 32ND DIVISIONAL SIGNAL COMPANY. HE RECEIVED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW, MABEL, AFTER HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 10TH JULY 1917. BURIED AT COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “REST IN PEACE”
First name:
LINDLEY
Military Number:
12130
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
10/07/1917
Place died:
Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
30
