Joseph John Tindall

Forename(s):
Joseph John

Surname:
Tindall

Initial(s):
J J

Service Number:
48135

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion Territorial Force

Died:
21/11/1918

Aged:
32

Buried:
St. Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, Yorkshire

Service History:
Enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers whilst his brother, George Robinson Tindall, who had remained at Robin Hood's Bay, enlisted in the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1/7th Battalion (Leeds Rifles) Territorial Force. George died on 25 October 1917, of wounds received.

Between 12-24 April 1917 the Northumberland Fusiliers 1/4th Battalion T.F. was engaged in fighting at Wancourt Ridge, near Arras, & Tindall was a casualty of the heavy shelling on Easter Tuesday. He was buried alive but was dug out 'somewhat damaged' (to his face & upper body).

Although Tindall recovered his injuries were sufficiently severe to prevent him from being returned to active service, & at the beginning of 1918 he was stationed at the Regimental Depot.

Tindall became a victim of the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic. He died in hospital at Hornsea, Yorkshire, of pneumonia following influenza.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 21)

Background:
Born in 1886, at Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, the third of eight children of Frank Robert Tyndall & his wife Rose (née Tunstill).

Tindall began his working life as an Errand Boy for the Postal Service at Robins Hood Bay before moving to Felton as a Postman in 1911, where he boarded with Isabella Dobson who ran a grocery store at Bridge End.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 21)

Local Memorial:
Felton War Memorial incorporating Acton, Eshott, Swarland & Thirston