BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ANNIE CROSS (1865-1895) STEPMOTHER, MARY JANE & THE LATE ISAIAH FORD SANDILANDS (1859-1912) ABOVE ADDRESS. SON OF A SHOP KEEPER. YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A DRAPER’S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 11/590 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 12TH SOUTH WALES BORDERES. KILLED IN ACTION ON 09/06/1917, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED ON THE SOMME AT FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS”.
ONE OF 12 NAMES LISTED ON THE NORMAN PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, UNVEILED, ON 6TH JUNE 1920.
HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE AND DOUGLAS SANDILANDS, ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR. SGT MAJOR, DOUGLAS SANDILANDS, EYR, WAS AWARDED THE DCM. (HDM 22/12/1916)
