Corporal 4417 Thomas Billingham BRINDLEY

Corporal  4417 Thomas Billingham Brindley, DCM, MM{gallery}Cpl T B Brindley{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 9th October 1917

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A
  
• Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, Médaille Militaire, 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Awarded Military Medal on 24 Oct 1916 and Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal on 18 Jul 1917
• Son of James and Rebecca Brindley
• Husband of Winifred [Army Register of Effects]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Bedworth
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Corporal Brindley
• NNWFHS Bedworth War Memorial Page
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 18 Apr 1891 in Bedworth and baptised on 11 Nov 1891 at All Saints Church
  
• Lived at Coventry Road Bedworth [1911]
  
• Employed as a coal miner
  
• Corporal Brindley’s DCM Citation reads: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He made five journeys over exposed ground in order to gain information of the situation. This was carried out under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and finally he brought back one wounded officer.”