Lionel Montague HINDLE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: HINDLE

Forename(s): Lionel Montague

Place of Birth: Doncaster, Yorkshire

Service No: 534381

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: London Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 2/15th (County of London) Bn. (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)

Division: 60th (2/2nd London) Division

Age: 34

Date of Death: 1917-12-30

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: CHATBY MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Lionel Montague Hindle was the son of James Edward and Martha Hindle, née Anderson and brother of Corporal Frederic Gordon Hindle (B/23069) (q.v.). Their father was born at Campsall and mother at Kilham, Yorkshire.

1891 Doncaster, Yorkshire Census: 3, High Street - Lionel Montague Hindle, aged 8 years, born Doncaster, son of James Ed. and Martha Hindle.

1911 Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 127, Brudenell Road - Lionel Motague Hindle, aged 28 years, born Doncaster, Yorkshire. [Lionel (a visitor) and his brother, Frederic Gordon (a boarder) were living with Ellen Webster, widow. Victor Alan Young, Frederic's future brother-in-law, was also a boarder there.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Lionel M. Hindle, 534381, 15th London Regiment.

Lionel, along with L/Corporal John Hitchin (303162) (q.v.) and L/Corporal Henry Turner Wilkinson (S4/036171) (q.v.), died when HT 'Aragon' was torpedoed at the entrance to the port of Alexandria. A Long Preston soldier, Sapper Alfred Percy Cooper (WR/290232) (q.v.), survived the sinking of the 'Aragon' only to die later in the War.

Lionel and Frederic are commemorated on Christ Church War Memorial, Bridlington.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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