View entry
Name: LINDSAY, Eric Lawrence DSO (Capt.)
Nee: bro of Alexander Gerald Lindsay
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1892 Calcutta
Death Date: 29 Mar 1966 Nairobi
First Date: 1920
Profession: Planter, Munyaka estate, Thika
Area: Donyo Sabuk, 1925 Donyo Sabuk Estate, Chania Bridge
Married: In Bishops Stortford 1919 Denise Raine Agnew b. 1896 Bishops Stortford, d. 1979 Nairobi
Children: Denise Stella (Duncan) (15 Nov 1921 Nairobi-18 Apr 1986 Nairobi); Peter Gerald (2 Apr 1924 Nairobi-22 May 1964 Kiambu); John Agnew (20 Nov 1925-2 Jan 1940)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, EAMR, Red 22, Kiambu Scrapbook, Leader14, Web, DSO
War Service: WW1 with EAMR - A Sqdn. 15/8/14 - 29/4/15 - To KAR
General Information:
Langata cemetery, Nairobi in loving memory / of / Eric Lindsay /d.29 Mar 1966 < Nairobi, beloved husband of / Den / and ? father of / Denise and also / Denise Lindsay / beloved wife / of Eric / 1896 - 1979
In same cemetery in treasured memory / of / Peter Gerald Lindsay / beloved husband of / Lindy, dearly loved son / of / Eric & Denise / 2.4.1924 / 22.5.1964
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Ukamba Voters List
Kiambu Scrapbook - well remembered members of Ruiru Sports Club - the Eric Lindsays
Web - Western Front Association - Tunduru - May-Nov 1917 - Captain E L Lindsay of No 2 Company became cut off with 16 men and the wounded Lieutenant Simpson. Lewis Gun Sergeant Walker was with this group and, when he was wounded, Lindsay got him and his gun safely away, firing the gun himself as they withdrew. Lindsay fought his way out of the battlefield, collecting more scattered KAR Askari as he went and he was carrying Simpson on a makeshift stretcher when he bumped into the German baggage column.
Here savage hand-to-hand fighting took place during which six Germans and several Askari were killed or left for dead. After bivouacking for two nights in the bush Lindsay's group, which had been regarded as all dead, rejoined Shorthose.
Eric Lawrence Lindsay (East African Mounted Rifles) was awarded a Distinguished Service Order: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. With forty men he succeeded in repelling an enemy attack made with greatly superior forces and in inflicting severe casualties on them. Later, when surrounded, he extricated his party with the greatest skill and determination, himself accounting for twelve of the enemy, and succeeded later in joining up with his main body. His conduct in action has always been characterised by courage and resource.
John Agnew Lindsay is buried in Nairobi Forest Road cemetery