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

Awards: ---

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, single, 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, 15 Lond. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Lionel Montague Hindle, 534381, 15/Lond. R. Theatre of war in which served: 4(b) [Egypt] En Route 28.11.17. to 30.12.17. Drowned at sea H.M.T. Aragon.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Lionel Montague Hindle, 534381, 2/15 Bn Lon. Regt. Date and Place of Death: 30.12.17. Drowned H.T. Aragon. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Administrator - James E. £10 5s. 10d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Lionel Montague Hindle, 534381, 15th Co. of London. Date and cause of death: 30.12.17. Missing believed drowned. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Madge Hindle. Relationship: Unmarried Wife. Address: 'Dundurn' Kings Road, Walton-on-Thames.

The 1921 Census shows that Madge (born Woodplumpton, Lancashire), age 42 years and her son James G. Hindle. Father dead. (Born Fulwood, Lancashire), age 12 years 9 months, were living at 'Dundurn' Kings Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. The 1939 Register shows that Madge, widowed (born 6 May 1878) and two others were living at 22, Kings Road, Walton-on-Thames.

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 is commemorated on Walton-on-Thames War Memorial. 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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