William Henry Lindley
William Lindley worked as a cop winder in a rope works.
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William Henry Lindley was born in 1896 at Nottingham, he was the son of John Lindley, born in 1873 at Basford Nottingham and working as a goods checker for Midland Railway and his first wife Teresa Lindley, born in 1874 at Mansfield, who worked as a lace hand.
John Lindley later married Selina Eleanor Lindley (née Hayes). He was the step brother of Gwendoline b.1906 and Hilda b.1908.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 20 Commercial Street, Old Lenton, John Lindley 38 yrs is a goods checkerat Midland Railway Goods, he is living with his wife Selina Eleanor 38 yrs and his children, William Henry 15 yrs a cop winder, Gwendoline 5 yrs and Hilda 3 yrs of age.
The family later lived at 4 Snowdon Terrace Spring Close Old Lenton Nottingham.
Private William Henry Lindley volunteered for service on 12th May 1912 at Nottingham, he served with the 1/7th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, and following training he was drafted to France, arriving on 28th February 1915,. He was killed in action on 22nd September 1915 when the trenches at Verbranden Molan, Ypres were heavily shelled he is buried at Chester Farm Cemetery West Vlaanderen Belgium Grave Reference: I F 5
His father John Lindley was killed in the Les Boeufs area during the Battle of the Somme on 27th October 1916 whilst serving with the Machine Gun Company 1st battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Nottingham Evening Post obituary 5 June 1917 (photographs). Father and son killed in action, Private JG Lindley (Sherwood Foresters, Machine Gun Corps), killed 27 October 1916 and Private WH Lindley (Sherwood Foresters), killed 22 September 1915, both of Spring Close, Lenton.
William Henry Lindley
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Chester Farm Cemetery , Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
William Henry Lindley
Photograph was published on 20th November 1915 in the Nottingham Evening Post and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918