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Sub-Lt. Arthur Walderne St.Clair Tisdall VC.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Anson Btn
from:Deal, Kent
(d.6th May 1915)
Arthur Tisdall, aged 24 is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey He was the son of Rev. Dr. Tisdall, D.D. (Vicar of Deal), and his wife, Marian L. Tisdall, of St. George's Vicarage, Deal, Kent. He was a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A. (Double First Class Classical Honours) was a Chancellor's Gold Medallist, Cambridge and had been employed as a First Class Clerk with the Civil Service in the Treasury.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29530, dated 31st March, 1916, records the following:- "During the landing from the S.S. River Clyde at V Beach, in the Gallipoli Peninsula, on the 25th April, 1915, Sub. Lieut. Tisdall, hearing wounded men on the beach calling for assistance, jumped into the water, and, pushing a boat in front of him, went to their rescue. He was, however, obliged to obtain help, and took with him on two trips, Ldg. Smn. Malia; and on other trips, Ch. P.O. Perring and Ldg. Smn. Curtis and Parkinson. In all, Sub. Lieut. Tisdall made four or five trips between the ship and the shore, and was thus responsible for rescuing several wounded men under heavy and accurate fire. Owing to the fact that Sub. Lieut. Tisdall and the platoon under his orders were on detached service at the time, and that this officer was killed in action on the 6th May, it has only now been possible to obtain complete information as to the individuals who took part in this gallant act. Of these, Ldg. Smn. Fred Curtis, DEV/1899/C, has been missing since the 4th June, 1915."
