BORN HULL 1891. SCULCOATES. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM TINDALL (1859-1931) AND EMMA CAWKILL (1861-1930), OF CASTLETHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A PLATELAYER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED ROYAL ENGINEERS, RAILWAYS SECTION, IN 1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS (ALEXANDRA, PRINCES OF WALES OWN). PROMOTED TO LANCE SERGEANT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/11/1917, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN WILLIAM. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL IN ST. PETER’S CHURCH, HUTTON CRANSWICK. HIS SOLDIERS DIED RECORD SAY THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL AND RESIDED IN THE SPRING BANK AREA.
| Name | Jesse Tindall |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Sculcoates, Hull, 1891 |
| Residence | Spring Bank, Hull |
| Death Date | 23 Nov 1917 |
| Death Place | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Lance Sergeant |
| Regiment | Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own) |
| Battalion | 13th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 23691 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |