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Age-21

7, Lyall Street, Belgravia

Vailly British Cemetery, France

After the opening battles of the war at Mons on 23rd August, 1914 and Le Cateau on 26th August, the British Army (BEF), in conjunction with the French Army, began a retreat that took them all the way back to the River Marne, 200 miles to the south. With the Germans in hot pursuit they were forced to fight a series of rear guard actions as they fell back in extremely hot weather. The Great Retreat, as it became known, came to an end on 5th September, 1914 when the allied forces attacked along the River Marne and drove the Germans back to the River Aisne.

By 10th September, the 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps of 2 Brigade, 1st Division were once again north of the Marne and in pursuit of the Germans. Near the small village of Priez they came under fire from the enemy artillery and Eric Tindall was wounded by shrapnel. He died from these wound two days later on 12th September.