David Tindal
Rank: Private
Service No: 2874
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 30/6/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (B Coy. 17th Bn)
Cemetery: Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Additional information: Son of David Tindal MD and Janet Hamilton Roxburgh Tindal of ‘Hiawatha’ Burnside.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Dr Tindal, Hiawatha, Burnside
Soldier’s Effects information: Father David Tindal.
1901 census information:
Address: Hiawatha, Rutherglen.
Father: David (45) general practioner, born about 1856 in Glasgow.
Mother: Janet (36) born about 1865 in Glasgow.
Self: David (10) born about 1891 in Govan.
Sister: Catherine (8) born about 1893 in Govan.
Brother: Albert (5) born about 1896 in Glasgow.
Brother: John (5 months) born about 1901 in Rutherglen.
David’s story is told on YouTube in a series of tweets with excerpts taken from letters to his family –