BRINDLE, WILLIAM, (‘orpl., No. 45355. Machine Gun Corps, 2nd s. of the late Robert Brindle, by his wife. Emma, dau. of William Chadwick; b. Chorley, co. Lancaster, 3 Jan. 1891: edue. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School there; was a Mill Overlooker: enlisted in the Machine Gun Corps 29 May, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died at No. 22 General Hospital. Etaples, 1 Dec. 1918, of broncho-pneumonia, contracted while on active service. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. He m. at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Chorley, 20 May. 1916, Ethel Maud (101, Seymour Street. Chorley), dan, of Wilfred Rateliffe: s.p.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5