Family :

Education & Career :

Tyndall went to Bradfield College.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

The Battle of the Somme 1st July - 18th November 1916 is inevitably characterised by the appalling casualties (60,000) on the first day, July 1st 1916. Having failed to break through the German lines in force, and also failed to maximise opportunities where success was achieved, the battle became a series of attritional assaults on well defended defence in depth. The battle continued officially until 18th November 1916 costing almost 500,000 British casualties. German casualties were about the same, and French about 200,000. The Somme could not be counted a success in terms of ground gained or the cost, but it had a strategic impact as it marked the start of the decline of the German Army. Never again would it be as effective whilst the British Army, learning from its experience eventually grew stronger to become a war winning army. The German High Command recognised that it could never again fight another Somme, a view that advanced the decision to invoke unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to starve Britain of food and material, and in doing so accelerated the United States declaration of war thus guaranteeing the eventual outcome. 287 Brethren were killed on the Somme in 1916.

Detail :

TYNDALL,WILLIAM ERNEST MARRIOTT, Lieutenant. was born 2 February 1875. He entered the West Riding Regiment, as Second Lieutenant, 6 March 1895, becoming Lieutenant 29 January 1899; was Adjutant, West Riding Regiment, 29 January 1899 to 27 January 1903. He served in the South African War, 1899-1902, Relief of Kimberley; Orange Free State, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February); actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, August to 29 November 1900, including actions at Rhenoster Kop; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, August to 29 November 1900; operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902. He received the Queen's Medal with five clasps: the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: William Ernest Marriott Tyndall, Lieutenant, West Riding Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa. He was invested by the King 18 December 1902. He was promoted to Captain 22 February 1901. Captain Tyndall passed the Staff College. He was Officer, Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 28 January 1903 to 21 January 1906; Brigade Major, 15th Brigade, Irish Command, 19 April 1908 to 27 January 1912; DAAG, Western Command, 13 May to 17 November 1914; DAA and QMG 18 November to 6 December 1914; Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, West Riding Regiment, 6 January to 4 April 1915. He was given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 3 June 1915. He died of wounds 1 August 1916. Lieutenant Colonel Tyndall married, in 1908, Alice Lorna, daughter of Mr Sedgwick, of Byfleet, Surrey.

Probate TYNDALL William Ernest Marriott of 8 Orsett-terrace Paddington Middlesex brevet-lieutenant-colonel Duke of Wellington's regiment died 1 August 1916 at Roehampton Military Hospital Surrey Probate London 15 September to Annette Alice Lorna Tyndall widow and William Frederick Brabant solicitor. Effects £1271 10s.

An article about him appears in the Western Mail on the 4th August, 1916: "LATE COLONEL OF WESTERN COMMAND. Lieutenant-colonel William Ernest Marriot Tyndall, D.S.O., 2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment, died at Roehampton, on August 1 of wounds received at Hill 60 on April 18, 1915. He was born in 1875, and was educated at Bradfield. He entered the Army in 1895. He obtained his captaincy in 1901, and his majority in 1912. In 1908 he became brigade-major, 15th Brigade, Irish Command, and in May, 1914, was appointed D.A.A.G., Western Command. For his services in the South African war he was three times mentioned in dispatches, and awarded both medals with six clasps and the D.S.O."

His service in the Great War is recognised by the issue to his widow of the 1914-15 Star, him having embarked to France on 14th December, 1914, the British War medal and the Victory medal.

Masonic :

His name is not recorded in the 1921 book or on the 1940 scroll, more than likely because it took over a year to finally succumb to his injuries at the Roehampton Hospital and also noting he had resigned from the Lodge on the 25th June, 1908.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley
• Researcher : Tom Hawley