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Pte. William Sandison
British Army 6th Battalion, H Coy. Gordon Highlanders
from:Gartley
Sgt James Sands MM
British Army 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Bolton
(d.2nd Aug 1917)
Sgt. James Sands MM.
British Army 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Bolton
(d.2nd August 1917)
James Sands served with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in WW1. He died 2nd of August 1917 aged 25 years and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Henry Arthur and Julia Sands of 7 Percy St., Bolton, husband of Mrs. E. L. Malhuss (formerly Sands) of Cannon St., Bolton.
Private John Edward Sands
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Eastbourne, Sussex
(d.26th Nov 1917)
John Edward Sands was my grandfather. He was born in Eastbourne 17th September 1896. He enlisted in 7th Royal Sussex in August 1914, a month shy of his 18th birthday. I believe his Reg. No. means he was one of Lowther's Lambs, and that he received his fatal wounds at the first Battle of Cambrai. My grandmother received notification on 6th December 1917 that he'd died of his wounds on 26th November that same year at 55 Clearing Station. He was 21, and left behind a young widow and baby son, my father. He was subsequently buried at Tincourt Cemetery
L/Cpl. Peter Sands
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
(d.15th Sep 1915)
Peter Sands served with the Royal Irish Rifles 1st Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 15th September 1915 and is buried in Special memorial 41, he was originally buried in Fleurbaix Churchyard, France, his grave is now lost.
Gnr. Trayton William Sands
British Army 155th Brigade, A Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:West Malling, Kent
(d.20th July 1918)
Trayton Sands served with A Bty. 155th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Dvr. Walter George Sands
British Army 149th Brigade, B Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Farnborough, Kent
(d.22nd Oct 1918)
Walter Sands was my great great uncle. He was killed by heavy shell fire along with two other drivers on 22nd of October 1918. All three are buried at Cement House Cemetery, in Belgium.
Cpl. William Sands
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Rye, Sussex
William Sands served in France in WW1 as a Stretcher Bearer and band member of the 5th Royal Sussex Regiment
2nd Lt. Henry Keith Sanger
British Army 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Ecclesbourne, Rydens Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
(d.13th April 1918)
Henry Sanger was born on 11/09/1898, at Knighton Lodge, Rydens Rd, Walton-on-Thames; son of Henry (Wholesale Chemist) and Leila Somers [Thorpe] Sanger; (This was Leila's parents address; her father was a Rtd Lt Col). Herny was Baptised on 16/10/1898 at Oatlands, St Mary while according to the Baptism Record the family were actually living at 35, Ridgemont Gdns, WC. He grew up at varying addresses as in 1901 the family were living at 14 Horbury Cres, Notting Hill Gate; and in 1901 Henry was at Cholmeley House Boarding School, Eastbourne, Sussex. Between 1911 and at least 1918 the family were living at Ecclesbourne, Rydens Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey but again Henry is away at Marlborough College.
Information is scanty but his medal card states that he had been a Private in the 28th London Regiment with a temporary posting to the East Yorkshire Regiment as an officer. Outtersteene was captured by the Germans on 12/04/1918. Henry was listed as missing in action on 12/04/1918 and recorded killed in action 13/04/1918, he was aged 19. Commonwealth War Grave Commission data states that he left behind his parents, Henry and Leila Somers Sanger of 258 Euston Rd., London.
Pte. Joseph Edward Sanglier
British Army 2/5th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:London
(d.4th Dec 1916)
Joseph Sanglier was born in the St Saviour's area of London in 1874. He was listed as a furniture porter in Oxford St., London in the 1911 Census. The next record we have of him, sadly, is his death on the 4th December 1916 where he died of his wounds according to military records. He died at the New Military Hospital, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase and is buried in Rugeley Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Pte. Adam Jamieson Sangster
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch
from:Scotland
(d.5th Sep 1916)
Uncle Adam Sangster was a member of the Black Watch, Royal Highlanders. He lies in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe.
Pte. David Sangster
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.20th Feb 1915)
David Sangster, Private 8778, lost his life at the age of 27. He was the son of the late George and Annie Sangster and is remembered at the Ypres Menin Gate.
Pte. Ancel Croydon Sansom
British Army 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Honiton
(d.18th January 1917)
L/Cpl. Harry Sant
British Army 18th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Harpurhey, Manchester
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. James William Santon
British Army 6th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
(d.21st Sep 1918)
James William Santon died aged 22. He was born in Northallerton in 1897, son of Mary Ann Santon (nee Jones) of 49 Charles Street Jarrow and the late William Henry Santon. James William Santon age 14, a Miner Driver, lived with his parents William Henry & Mary Ann Santon at West Hetton Cottages, Coxhoe, Durham in the 1911 Census. He also served as TF/3576 in the Durham Light Infantry.
James is buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. James Thomas Sapsford
British Army 4th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Tom Sapsford served with 4th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
C.Sgt.Maj. Samba Saracouli
Sierra Leone Battalion The West African Frontier Force
(d.20th December 1914)
Company Serjeant Major Samba Saracouli was buried in the Limbe Botanical Gardens Burial Grounds in the Cameroons.
Follower Ram Saran
British Indian Army 25th Punjabis
(d.26th January 1916)
Ram Saran was cremated and his name is recorded on a white granite obelisk in the Hong Kong Hindu and Sikh Cremation Memorial in Hong Kong.
Stoker Adam Sarfaraz
Royal Indian Marine
(d.2 Jan 1919)
Adam Sarfaraz served in Remembered at . WW1
Pte. Albert Sargeant
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Arthur Huntly Sargeant
British Army 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.8th Aug 1917)
Pte. Jack Sargeant
British Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.26th April 1915)
Cpl. Joseph Arthur Sargeant
British Army 5th Btn. Notts & Derby Regiment
from:Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Joe Sargeant was conscripted into the 2nd/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. He later marked up a copy of The Green Triangle (a history of the 2/5th during WW1) by W. G. Hall. From which it is seen that he took part in fighting against the Irish Rebellion of Easter 1916, in B company stationed at Island Bridge garrison in Dublin. At one point his best ever billet was in the Guinness brewery. He was detailed to command an escort party taking prisoners to Wandsworth Jail in London.
On the 20th of July 1916 Joe left the Battalion, then billeted on the Curragh, to join the 21st Battalion at Walton-on-the-Naze. He went to France with them. Then he joined the 15th Battalion in France during September 1917.
Joe was home to marry Lillian Hancox on 11th of January 11th, wearing a blue hospital uniform. It is not known where he was injured, shrapnel in his legs and trench feet, but he spoke of being on the Somme, at Vimy-Ridge and at Passchendaele. Then having been stuck in a shell hole for three days, with only a chocolate bar as iron rations. A Mr. Clifton of Long Eaton is said to have pulled him out, across duck boards, by attaching him to his belt.
Back to the Green Triangle; Joined the 5th Battalion 28th September [1918], C Company . The remnants of the 1/5th and 2/5th had moved up as an integral part of the 5th, The Robin Hood Rifles, with whom Joe saw it through to the end; after which he was put in charge of a Chinese working party.
Joe served again for WW2 in The Home Guard.
Stkr. George Alfred Sargent
Royal Navy HMS Ambrose
from:Emsworth
Pte. Thomas Charles Sargent
British Army 8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment
from:Bedford
(d.31st July 1917)
Thomas Sargent was my father's elder brother. He was born Turvey Beds and served with the 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Pte. Francis Edward Sarginson
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI and att 9th Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Thomas William Sarginson
British Army 10th Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Kirkoswald, Cumberland
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Thomas William Sarginson was killed in action in Palestine.
Signalman Norman Henry Sargisson
Royal Navy HMS Invincible
(d.31st May 1916)
Pte. Luke Sarsfield
British Army 87th Field Ambulance (1st West Lancs) Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burtonwood, Lancashire
(d.21st Nov 1915)
Luke Sarsfield served with the 87th (1st West Lancs) Field Ambulance.
Mjr. William Stopford Sarsfield
British Army 2nd Btn Connaught Rangers
from:Cork, Co. Cork
(d.20th Sep 1914)
The wooden cross with metal plate bearing stamped inscription to William Starsfield, is almost certainly the cross which marked his grave in Vailly British Cemetery. This cemetery was fought over four times after 1914, and the damage is probably from bullet or shell fragment.
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