JOHN EDWARD HINDLE

Born: 1892, St. Matthew’s, Ipswich.

Died: 1st November 1917; age 25; KiA.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Date of Entry Therein: 16th August 1914.

Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 38903

Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 35th Heavy Battery, 63rd Siege.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

I.O.10.

La Brique Military Cemetery No. 2.

Belgium.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of the late John & Elizabeth Hindle, of Ipswich.

CENSUS

1901   14, Little Gipping Street, Ipswich.

John was 9 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

John Edward Hindle, 35, a Foundry Labourer, born Norwich, Norfolk.

Elizabeth Kate Smith Hindle (nee Page), 35, born Ipswich.

Florence Martha Hindle, 15, at a Marine Shop, born Ipswich.

Annie Elizabeth Hindle, 11, born Ipswich.

Frederick Thomas Hindle, 2, born Ipswich.

1 boarder.

1911   26, Elliot Street, Ipswich.

John was 18 years old and a General Labourer. He and his brother lived with their paternal grandparents and uncle.

John Hindle, 69, a Boot Mender – at home, born Ipswich.

Harriet Hindle, 68, born Ipswich.

Frederick Hindle, 32, a General Labourer, born Ipswich.

William George Hindle, 19, a Porter, born Ipswich.

In 1911, John’s 44 year old mother, Elizabeth, was a Domestic Servant living at the Union Workhouse.

John’s father, John Edward Hindle, died in July 1901 in Ipswich.

Ipswich Journal – Saturday, 20^th July 1901 – FATAL SWIM IN THE ORWELL – On Monday, 15^th July 1901, John Edward Hindle, aged 37, of 14, Little Gipping Street, Ipswich, visited the Orwell Hotel, and drank a considerable quantity of beer with some friends, and then went down to the riverside, it being high tide at the time, took off nearly all his clothes, and swam out. Three-quarters of the way across, George Bond, a boiler rivetter at Waterside Works, who was watching from the shore, noticed that Edward disappeared below the surface of the water. George Arthur Richmer, a foreman to the Dock Commissioners, also saw the occurrence and ran for the drags. In the meantime, Police-constable Burch procured a boat, and every effort was made to recover the body, but it was not till the afternoon that the attempts were successful. “Accidental Death” was the verdict at the inquest held the same evening.

John’s mother, Elizabeth, died in 1919 in Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Annie Elizabeth Bilner – sister.

Royal Garrison Artillery, 35th Heavy Battery, 63rd Siege:

http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-royal-artillery-in-the-first-world-war/