Lance Corporal Frederick William Lyndsell
| Date of Birth | 28 September 1897 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 21 |
| Date of Death | 21 August 1918 |
| Service Number | 11748 |
| Military Service | East Surrey Regiment |
| Merton Address | 45 Haverlock Road, Wimbledon |
| Local Memorial |
Additional Information
Lance Corporal Frederick William Lyndsell was born in Pimlico September 28th 1897. By 1901 he was living in 34 Aylesford Street, Pimlico. Listed as ‘Frank’ on the census, he now had a younger sister Winifred. His parents were Frederick William Lyndsell, a shop assistant, and Elizabeth Lyndsell. By 1911 the family was living in 136 Leverson Street, Streatham. Frank, now 14, was working in a printing office.
On the outbreak of war, now aged 19, Frederick was head of house, living with his mother at 45 Havelock Road, Wimbledon and working as a music assistant. He enlisted in Kingston-on-Thames on 7 September 1915 for a short service attestation with the East Surrey Regiment. This was a new kind of service, introduced by the Minister for War Lord Kitchener in August 1914, under which a man could serve for “three years or the duration of the war, whichever the longer”.
Frederick enlisted as a private and his regimental number 11748. He served in Italy and France. He was posted on 13 September 1915 to the Expeditionary Force in the 4th batallion East Surrey Regiment. He was posted again on 30 August 1916 to the 7th batallion and on 15 March to the 1st batallion. He was wounded in 1917 but was subsequently appointed to the full paid rank of Lance Corporal on 1st September 1917. He was killed in action in France 21 August 1918.
Lance Corporal is commemorated on panel 6 of the Vis-en-Artois cemetery in the pas de Calais, France. His burial stone number is 35.A. He is also remembered on the memorial tablet on the south wall of the United Apolostolic Church (formerly St. Peter’s Church) in Kohat Road, Wimbledon.