BORN HULL 1876. SON OF GEORGE LINTON SANDERSON (1847-1917) AND MARY ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY (1850-1926), OF 53 MORPETH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). BROTHER TO LINTON, GERTRUDE, NORA AND OLIVE.
HE MARRIED AT THE METHODIST CHAPEL, COLTMAN STREET, HULL, ON 15TH AUGUST 1909. HUSBAND OF DORA WRIGHT AND THREE CHILDREN, AT 1, KLONDMERE AVENUE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 10, FLORAL AVENUE, MASSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A GOODS PORTER FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 37.5-39 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 16/04/1917. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. POSTED TO FRANCE, 15/08/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/10/1917, AGED 41. (BLOWN TO PIECES BY A SHELL WITH HIS HORSE). HE IS BURIED AT CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY, LANGEMARK, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL.
