TISDALL Charles Arthur

Charles Tisdall was born in 1875. He attended Malvern College as a Day Student from April 1889 to 1892.

The Bond of Sacrifice:
MAJOR CHARLES ARTHUR TISDALL, 1ST BATTN. IRISH GUARDS, of Charlesfort, County Meath, Ireland, was born on the 22nd April, 1875, in Mauritius. He was the eldest son of the late Captain John Know Tisdall, R.E., and Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Adams, Esq.
Major Tisdall joined the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles from the Militia in April, 1900, and was transferred to the Irish Guards in July, 1901, becoming Lieutenant in February, 1902, Captain in September 1909, and Major in September 1914. He served in the South African War, 1899-1901, taking part in operations in Orange River Colony, for which he received the Queen’s medal with two clasps.
Major Tisdall was killed in the forest of Villers Cotterets on the 1st September 1914. The Irish Guards with the 2nd Coldstreams were holding the northern edge of the forest in a rearguard action at a spot called Rond de la Reine. Two other officers of the regiment €“ Lieutenant-Colonel the Honble. G.H. Morris and Major Crichton €“ were killed at the same time.
Major Tisdall was a remarkably fine violin player. Outside his profession his chief interests were dry fly fishing and motoring, in which he was one of the pioneers.
He married, in 1904, Gwynneth May, only child of Charles Adshead, Esq., and left two daughters.

Major Charles Arthur Tisdall