Background
Lindsay was born in Delhi, where his father was a civil engineer for the Indian government, and was educated at Street Joseph"s College in Darjeeling.
Lindsay was born in Delhi, where his father was a civil engineer for the Indian government, and was educated at Street Joseph"s College in Darjeeling.
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He arrived in England in 1933 and enlisted in the King"s Royal Rifle Corps. In 1937 he entered Royal Military College Sandhurst, where he played hockey for the Army. He then saw action during the Invasion of Sicily in July 1943.
In 1950 he returned to India as an instructor at the Indian Military Staff College in Wellington, south India (now the Defense Services Staff College (DSSC).
He played all five matches as halfback. The British team lost to India, the country where Lindsay had learned the game. other sources report his date of birth: 1 November 1914.