Captain Henry Lindsay M.C.

Service No:
Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion: 1st/4th Battalion
Battlefield:
Died: 08 August 1916
Age: 26
 
Memorial Location: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Position:Pier and Face 11 A.
Date Buried:
Home Address:
Notes: Parents: Joseph and Frances Lindsay, of 212, Wigan Rd., Bolton, Lancs. M.A.
Instituted on 28th December 1914 the Military Cross (M.C.) is the third level military decoration awarded to Officers.
This decoration was awarded to Henry Lindsay for an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy.
The Military Cross (M.C.) is awarded for gallantry during active operations against the enemy.
Henry Lindsay,as an owner of the Military Cross, is entitled to use the letters M.C. after his name.
Citations for the M.C. were published in the London Gazette during the Great War. However if the M.C. was a King’s Birthday or New Year award, details were not published and in most cases will not be available.
Son of Joseph and Frances Lindsay, of Dene Mount, 212, Wigan Road, Bolton, Lancashire. M.A. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1902-1905). Gazetted Second Lieutenant, 4th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in September 1914, promoted Lieutenant 17/07/1915 and to Captain 10/10/1915. Shot through the head and instantly killed.