| Surname: | Lindsay |
| Initials: | W N |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/3096 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. 6/11/1918 Died. First served abroad (1) France, 2/7/1916 to 6/11/1918. He was born in Aberleno, enlisted and resided in Arbroath. Info from Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Died, 22 Casualty Clearing Station, No inscription on gravestone. Name spelt Linsay on medal card and medal roll C/130, page B268 and Lindsay on CWGC roll and Soldiers died roll. Info from Pension Index Cards: Lindsay, William, No. P/3096, MFP, L/Cpl. Widow Catherine S, born 18/1/1880, 21 John Street, Arbroath, Scotland, they had 2 x children William Murray born 16/4/1905 and John Smith born 5/5/1907. 5/12/1918 she received a grant of £7, 19/5/1919 she received 25/5 per week pension. Also Lindsay, Catherine S, 1/WL/340, 21 John Street, Arbroath, Scotland, P/3096 L/Cpl Wm Lindsay, MFP. Info from Scotland WWI Roll of Honour 1914-1918, page 226. L/Cpl William Lindsay, MFP, 21 John Street, Arbroath, was the son of Peter and Ann Lindsay. Westerton, Stracathro. He was thirty eight years of age, he married Catherine Cargill and left two sons. L.Cpl Lindsay has sixteen years' service as a member of the local constabulary and was a most popular officer. he joined the MFP in May 1916 and he died of influenza in a Casualty Clearing Station at Cambrai on the 66h of November 1918. His death was the third gap made by the war in the Arbroath Police Force. (Above article has a head and shoulders picture of L/cpl Lindsay in MFP uniform.) William Nicol Lindsay. Extract from the Dundee Telegraph, 15/11/1918. Another Arbroath Policeman Dies in France. Intimation has been received in Arbroath that L/Cpl William Lindsey, Military Foot Police, a former member of the Arbroath Police Force has died in France as a result of influenza. L/Cpl Lindsay is the third Arbroath police constable to lay down his life in France. Lindsay was 38 years of age, and leaves a wife and two of a family. |
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| Date of Death: | Nov. 6, 1918 |
| Company: | MFP |
| CWGC Link: | 550956 |
| Cemetery: | CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE 🇫🇷 |
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