John Lindsay

Killed in Action on the 05/02/1917 during the Operations on the Ancre

ADDITIONAL FAMILY INFORMATION - John's father George was a Miner with the Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co Ltd and was employed in Colliery Drumpellier Nos. 3 & 4. He died on the 05/04/1899 at Alexander Hospital due to burns on his face, hands and body. This is how his death was described - Apparently gas had accumulated in an unventilated place near where he was working and a fall of roof forced it out when it was ignited by his naked light. John enlisted on the 23/11/1915 then draft for the British Expeditionary Force on the 10/07/1916. He joined the "Hawke" Battalion on the 12/12/1916 till the time of his death. The 2nd (Hawke) Battalion were part of the 2nd Royal Naval Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. John fell 2 days after the capture of Puisieux Trench by the Division on the 03/02/1917. This was part of the Operations on the Ancre, 11th January - 13th March 1917 : The Final flickering of the 1916 Somme offensive as British seek localised tactical advantage on heights above valley of the River Ancre. See Directory for John's elder brother George's page (also see George's page for youngest brother Charles' Service Record x 7). John is also remembered in the St. Augustine's Parish (book) Roll of Honour. See photos for John's Newspaper clippings x 2 (brother George is listed as being in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders which was his previous Regiment), John's parents' Marriage Certificate, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report, John's Pension Records x 2. Ancre British Cemetery and the Hawke Battalion Cap Badge.