World War 1

Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1

Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.

Percy Tindall

Forename(s):
Percy

Surname:
Tindall

Initial(s):
P

Service Number:
7057 (Possibly)

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/5th Battalion Territorial Force

Died:
14/11/1916

Buried:
Warlencourt British Cemetery

Service History:
This is one of only two WW1 P. Tindall's recorded on the CWGC website. Apart from serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers, quite what connection he may have had with the wider Seahouses district is unclear.

Enlisted at Hull, Yorkshire.

Background:
Born at Hull, Yorkshire, the son of John Thomas Tindall (b. about 1850, at Liverpool, Lancashire; in 1911, a Bank Clerk) & his wife, Emma (b. about 1857, at Boston, Lincolnshire).

The 1911 Census records John Thomas & Emma having had eight children, of which six were still living.

Pre-enlistment occupation: Radiator Assembler.

Local Memorial:
Seahouses War Memorial (Source: newmp.org.uk)