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2nd Lt. Samuel McCullagh Linden MID
British Army 90th Heavy Artillery. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Londonderry
(d.31 July 1917)
Samuel is my Great-great Uncle, I have got most of the information about him, but I'm unable to find out why he was mentioned in despatches. Any help in this matter would be great.
Lcr. Jack Linder
British Army 9th Lancers
(d.24th Aug 1914)
Pte. Edwin Lindop
British Army 5th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Guilden Sutton, Chester
Edwin Lindop served with the 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Saddler Sgt. Ernest Lindop
British Army 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:7 The Mount, Chester
Ernest Lindop was born in Chester, Cheshire, England on 24th October 1880. He was one of thirteen children born to William Bufton Lindop, (saddler and harness maker) and Elizabeth Cooper. The family resided in Chester. He was my great grandmother Mary Emma Lindop's younger brother.
My interest, in addition to the family connection, was a Field Post from Sgt Lindop sent to my great grandmother, who after marriage, had emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The Field Post was reflective of his physical state indicated by striking out negative phrases (i.e. I am sick, I am well, etc). The post card bore the Royal Arms and had been a treasure to me with my interest in the military at the time, and subsequent service in the US Army for 21 years.
Ernest was initially a member of the Cheshire Yeomanry, also serving as a saddler sergeant, service number 541. He subsequently was posted to the 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and entered France on 22nd November 1915. He served through to the end of the war, and received the 1915 Star Medal and the Victory Medal. I was extremely fortunate to be advised a couple of years ago that Sgt Lindop's medals were for sale, by auction, on an internet site in the United Kingdom. I obtained his medals and afterward reported to my third cousins in the UK that the medals were on the way to America.
After the war, Ernest Lindop was employed as a saddler to the Duke of Westminster in Cheshire. He was married to Mary Ann Vickers in 1910. Ernest visited my great grandmother with the idea of emigrating to the United States but, after a short visit, returned to the United Kingdom. Ernest Lindop died on 28th April 1960 in Chester. A proud and honoured soldier of the Great War.
Pte. William Herbert Lindridge
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 20th DLI
Pte. A. J.J. Lindsay
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
(d.17th June 1919)
Private Lindsay is buried in the Madang Cemetery in Papua, New Guinea.
Capt. D. C. Lindsay
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Captain Lindsay served with the 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
L/Cpl. Hugh Lindsay
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.7th June 1917)
L/Corporal Lindsay was aged 21 when he died. He is buried in Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery, Grave D7. He was the son of Mr and Mrs David Lindsay, Main Street, Crumlin, Co. Antrim.
Pte. James Lindsay
British Army 6th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Beith, Ayrshire
(d.1st Nov 1918)
James Lindsay was killed in action 1st November 1918, aged 32. He was the son of James Lindsay, of Stewarton, Ayrshire; husband of Ellen Rafferty Lindsay, of Gateside, Beith, Ayrshire.
Pte. James Lindsay
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Commissioned 13th Aug 1918
Sgt. John Smith Lindsay DCM, MM. and Bar
British Army 32nd Divisional Cyclist Company Army Cyclists Corps
from:Bishopbriggs
My Grandfather, John Lindsay won a DCM and Military Medal and Bar during the Great War but like a number of soldiers of his generation did not talk much about his experiences. He served with the Army Cyclist Corps, 32nd Division, attached to the 15th HLI (Glasgow Tramways). We never knew what he did to deserve the medals and would be grateful if anyone had any information in relation to his actions.
Dvr. John Dominic Lindsay MM.
British Army 282nd Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Jarrow
John Lindsay is my great-grandad, who was a miner before joining up on 7th September 1914. He was 26 years and 186 days old when he signed up. It's hard to read his records, but they say he was in France from 20th July 1915 to 8th July 1918. He was awarded a Military Medal for bravery.
Pte. Thomas Lindsay
British Army 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
(d.9th Jan 1916)
Thomas Lindsay was a regular soldier who first served in France with the BEf on 28th of December 1914. He died age 20. He was born in Barrow in Furness in 1895, son of Thomas and Jane Ann Lindsay (nee Ryan) of 48 1/2 Monkton Terrace Jarrow. In the 1911 Census Thomas Lindsay, age 15, a General Labourer in a Cement Works, lived with his parents Thomas & Jane Lindsay & his siblings at 29, Curry Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. He had enlisted in Jarrow.
Thomas is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow.
Cpt. William Smith Lindsay
British Army
from:Edinburgh
Pte. Harold Frederick Lindsell
British Army 12th Battalion Notts and Derby Regiment
from:Nottingham
(d.25th Jun 1917)
Harold Frederick Lindsell was my Great Uncle born in Nottingham on the 4 February 1896 and dying in the field at Ouderdom, Belgium on the 25th June 1917.
He enlisted on 6 October 1915 with the 12th (Pioneer) Battalion ‘The Sherwood Foresters’ Private number 22614. Formed at Derby on 1 October 1914 as part of Kitcheners Third Army and attached as Army Troops to 24th Division. Moved to Shoreham in April 1915 and converted into Pioneer Battalion for the same Division. On the 29 August 1915 landed in France. In June 1917, he was based at Sherwood Park Camp near Ouderdom in Belgium where they were used to repair roads and railways and dig trenches mainly at night to avoid snipers. On the 25th June “B” Company were digging a new trench in the early hours of the morning when Harold was killed along with his officer by a direct shell hit. Four other men were wounded. Harold has no grave as he was rent asunder by the blast but is remembered on the Menin Gate, Ypres Panel 39 to 41 and at The Castle in Nottingham.
Sgt. Walter Lindsell
British Army 16th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Lenton, Nottingham
(d.10th October 1916)
Walter Lindsell enlisted on the 15th of May 1915 with 16th (Chatsworth Rifles) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters and was sent to Buxton. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 25th of May 1915. The Battalion were at Redmires Camp near Sheffield from the 9th of June 1915 and Walter was promoted to Corporal on the 18th June 1915. He was demoted to Private at own request on the 4th of August 1915. On the 2nd of September 1915, they transferred to Hursley Park and moved to Aldershot on the 30th of September 1915. Walter was promoted to Corporal on the 28th of October 1915 and finally to Sergeant on 12 November 1915. They moved to Witley Camp, Surrey on the 8th of November 1915 and embarked from Southampton for France on the 6th of March 1916.
Walter was seriously reprimanded for highly improper conduct in the field on the 3rd of June 1916. He rejoined his Battalion in the field on the 9th of September 1916. Walter was listed as wounded, missing and presumed dead on the 10th of October 1916.
Sgt. James Lindsey
British Army 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.3rd Oct 1916)
James Lindsey died aged 27, he was born in Jarrow in 1889. In the 1911 Census James Lindsey, age 22, a General Shipyard Labourer, is listed as living with his Widowed Grandmother Elizabeth Kenny or Henry at 107 High Street, Jarrow, County Durham. He enlisted in South Shields
James is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery. Mericourt-L'Abbe.
Sig. George Harold Linegar MID
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Prince Eugene
(d.10th May 1918)
George Linegar was a Signaller. He had been injured, knowing that he would not survive these injuries, he volunteered to go onto HMS Vindictive and destroy this ship in the harbour at Oostende Belgium to stop the German Navy leaving the port.
To this day we are relatives of George we have his photo up on the wall and we have passed his story on to our children and now we have passed it on to our grandchildren. May George and all the brave personal that gave their lives for all generations to follow rest in eternal peace brave people.
Pte. Thomas John Lineham
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Forest Gate, London
Thomas Lineham enlisted from Special Reserve on 7th of September 1914. He arrived in France on 3rd December 1914. He was reported as wounded on 6th of May 1915 by a sniper's bullet to his right hand, wrist and forearm and was subsequently repatriated and admitted to the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. Honourably Discharged as "unfit for the front" on 20th of April 1916.
2nd Lt. Thomas Lines DCM, MC.
British Army 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Stockport
(d.3rd April 1918)
Thomas Lines served with the 10th Cheshires as a Company Sergent Major and as a 2nd Lt. with the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers.
L/Cpl. Walter Linfield
British Army 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Horsham, West Sussex
(d.15th Sep 1916)
I found a WW1 death plaque for Walter Linfield among my late father's possessions and traced him to having died during the Battle of Flers Courcelette on 15th of September 1916 aged just 24. I think that this battle was the first in which tanks were used during the war, but without great success. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Arthur L. Linfoot
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Sunderland
Pte John Ling
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:13, Blyth St., Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.30th Apr 1917)
Ling, John. Private, 19/647, Died of appendicitis on 30th April 1917. Aged 20 years.
Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, in grave P. I. B. 7B.
Son of John and Mary Ann Ling, of 13, Blyth St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Wilson Norman Ling
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2nd Btn.
from:Toronto, Ontario
(d.12th Aug 1918)
Wilson Ling was executed for desertion on 12/08/1918, aged 22 and buried in Cerrsy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Cerrsy, France. He was the son of Albert E. and Fanny Ling, of 1125, Dovercourt Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
Pte. George Lingard
British Army 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Middle Rasen
George Lingard was born in Middle Rasen in 1896; his parents were James and Mary Ann. James and his brother were farmers. George was the youngest and had three older brothers: John, Joseph, and James. When George went to war, he left his father James alone to run the farm. He was promised help but it never came, so he lost part of the farm, Prospect Farm and Low Lane Farm, Middle Rasen.
George enlisted in 7th Lincolnshire Regiment and ended up becoming a POW in a camp in Belgium. After the war, George went with his Regiment to Ireland and did not return until 1925, when he married Ethel Ivy Smith in springtime 1925.
There was also George Reuben Lingard, a distant relative living in Market Rasen who also served with the military during WW1. The story he told was that whilst on parade one day, his name was called and someone shouted that “he has died”, and George shouted “No, I have not”. He died in Liege Hospital on 9th November 1918.
Pte. Arthur James Linge
British Army 2nd Btn. A Coy Essex Regiment
from:George St. Chelmsford
(d.24th Nov 1914)
Arthur James Linge arrived in Springfield around 1909 where he married and went on to have two daughters. As a reservist he was recalled to the army and landed in France with the war less than three weeks old. He was wounded near Ypres and succumbed to his injuries in November 1914. His home was in George Street. His younger brother, Earnest was also killed during the war.
Arthur was born at Althorne in 1885 (at the time his forenames were recorded as ‘James Arthur’), the son of William Linge and Alice Linge (nee Copsey). Arthur’s father had been born in Mayland in 1851 and his mother in Latchingdon in 1862. They had married in 1880 and year later had been resident at Southminster. Arthur’s siblings were Edith Mary Linge (born in 1882), William Thomas Linge (1883-1961) Martha Jane Linge (1887-1953), Ernest Henry Linge (1889-1915), Lily Linge (1891-1893), Florence Linge (born in 1894), Elizabeth Alice Linge (born in 1896), Bertie George Linge (1898-1972), Edward George Linge (1901-1933), and his twin Albert Walter Linge. All the children except Florence and Lily (who were born in Coundon, County Durham), Bertie (who was born at Barling), and Edward and Albert (who were born in Rawreth), were born at Althorne.
At the time of the 1891 census the family were living at Coundon in County Durham. Arthur was aged 5. His father was employed as a coal miner. By 1893 the family were back in Essex and the 1901 census recorded Arthur and his family resident at Back Road, Rawreth. Arthur was a 16 year-old stockman on a farm. His father was an agricultural labourer.
Arthur married Alice Hart at All Saints’ Church in Springfield on 30th January 1909. The couple are pictured left. Arthur was aged 23, employed as a labourer and was living in Springfield. His bride, three years his junior, had been born in Writtle on 19th April 1889 and was also living in Springfield. The 1911 census found Arthur, his wife and eleven month old, East Hanningfield-born, daughter Lily Emily Alice Mary Linge visiting the household of Charles Henry Aves at Dukes Cottages in Boreham. Lily had been born on 3rd May 1910 and was christened at Holy Trinity Church in Springfield on 10th May 1910. The couple had a second daughter, Dorothy Rosina Beatrice May Linge, who was born on 14th March 1913 in Chelmsford and christened at St John’s Church Moulsham on 7th May 1913. At that time Arthur was described as a labourer of Baker’s Yard, George Street, Moulsham having moved there from Springfield.
Arthur lived in Chelmsford, enlisted at Southend-on-Sea and served in the Essex Regiment prior to the war. As a reservist he was called up at its outbreak to the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment and landed in France on 22nd August 1914. He is thought to have been a member of ‘A’ Company.
The Essex County Chronicle of 6th November 1914 reported: - “Raid and the Germans - Mrs. Linge, of Baker's Yard, George Street, Chelmsford, has received a letter from her husband with the Expeditionary Force in France:– "I got your parcel safe, and glad to hear from you. I am all right at present. Have had rather a hot time in the trenches, with the rain and the Germans shooting at us all the time. We have lost a lot of fellows killed and wounded. I have had several narrow escapes from shell fire, but I don't think my turn has come yet. Hope to get home safely soon, as I am longing to see you and the kiddies. The Germans have nearly ruined this country, burning villages down, looting every shop."
The Essex County Chronicle of 20th November 1914 reported: - “The Trench that Caved in - Pt. A. Linge, 2nd Essex, writing on Nov. 5 to his wife, living at Baker's Yard, George Street, Chelmsford, says:– "I am all right at present. Am having a rest for a few days from the trenches. Young Rule, whom you saw at Harwich, is dead – shot through the neck three days ago. The same day three men in our Section got buried through a shell coming into the trench, making it cave in. We dug them out alive, the Germans shelling us all the time. Have got plenty of fags and tobacco, thanks to the people at home. Hope to see you again some day, if God permits."
The Essex Weekly News of 27th November 1914 reported: - "Mrs. A. Linge of Baker's-yard, George Street, Chelmsford, has received a letter from a lady in Boulogne stating that her husband, Pte. A. Linge of the Essex Regt, is wounded and in Boulogne hospital. The unfortunate man sustained a broken leg, a wound in the left arm and a slight wound at the back of the head. The letter added that Linge was receiving every attention, and is progressing as well as could be expected. Pte. Linge was a reservist, called up at the outbreak of the war. In a recent letter to his wife , dated Nov. 5, he said ‘Am having a rest for a few days from the trenches. Young Rule of Chelmsford, who you saw at Harwich, is dead, shot through the neck three days ago. The same way three men in our section got buried through a shell coming into the trench, making it cave in. We dug them out alive, the Germans shelling us all the time’.”
The same day’s Essex County Chronicle carried a similar report: - "Mrs Linge of Baker's-yard, George Street, Chelmsford, has received a letter from a lady at Boulogne stating that her husband has arrived in that institution, having been wounded. He has a broken leg, a wound in the left arm and a slight wound at the back of the head. He is getting every attention, the writer states, and us going on very well considering."
He had been wounded at Ypres. However the optimism of the newspaper reports was misplaced as Arthur had already been dead three days when the papers were published. He had died from those wounds on 24th November 1914 at a hospital in Boulogne. He was serving as Private 7853 in the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He was aged 29.
Later reports confirmed the grim news. The Essex County Chronicle of 4th December 1914 reported: - “Private Linge, whose wife lives in Baker’s Yard, George Street, Chelmsford, was in Boulogne Hospital suffering from a broken leg, a wound in the left arm, and a slight wound at the back of the head. He died on the 24th November. Several bright and cheery letters from the deceased soldier have from time to time appeared in the Essex County Chronicle and much sympathy is felt for Mrs Linge and her young family in the loss they have sustained.” The picture accompanying this article shows Arthur’s widow (on the right), their younger daughter Dorothy on her lap and elder daughter Lily stood in the centre rear. Arthur’s sister-in-law Isabella (wife of his brother Ernest) is on the left, with her daughters Ivy on her lap and Dora at her feet. The second picture taken later, shows Arthur’s widow and their two daughters.
Arthur is commemorated on the Civic Centre Memorial, Chelmsford, and the Moulsham Parish Memorial, St John’s Church, Moulsham. His younger brother, Ernest Henry Linge, who is also commemorated by the Civic Centre, died on 29th January 1915.
He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Arthur was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal. Arthur’s father died in Galleywood in 1922. Arthur’s widow died in 1975. Arthur’s daughter Lily married George Madle (1905-1996) and died in May 2000. Her sister Dorothy married James Rippon and Joseph Dinning and died in May 2003.
Pte Ernest Henry Linge
British Army 2nd Btn Essex Regiment
from:Chelmsford
(d.29th Jan 1915 )
Ernest Henry Linge born 1889 in Althorne Essex. Son William Linge and Alice Copsey, brother of Arthur James Linge also served in 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment. Entered France on 12th January 1915 dying from wounds on the 29th January 1915. Left a widow Isabella Amelia Harvey and two daughters, Dora Mary and Ivy May both under 3 years old at his time of death. He is buried at Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, about eight miles south of Ypres near the village of Ploegsteert. Along with his brother Arthur James Linge who died as a result of his wounds on 24th November 1914 the Great War also claimed his brother-in-law Edward George Harvey 10th (service) battalion Essex Regiment killed in action 5th May 1917.
Seaman. H Link
H. Link is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. Can anyone provide further details?
L/Cpl. Harry Linklater
Australian Imperial Forces 18th Bn.
(d.22nd August 1915)
Harry Linklater died on the 22nd of August 1915, aged 25 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. he was the son of George and Mary Linklater of Fillets, Graemsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Pte. Robert Linklater
British Army 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Aldershot
(d.11th April 1917)
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