BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD SANDERSON & ANNIE HARPER, OF 9 VERMONT STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD AND 41 , BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS NELLIE AND EVELYN WHO LIVED AT ST JAMES STREET, HESSLE ROAD. HIS FATHER DIED ON 16/11/1904. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR CRANBROOK AFC. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEWLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. IN CIVIL LIFE, HE WAS ON THE OFFICE STAFF OF MESSRS, QUIBELL, SON AND GREENWOOD LIMITED.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 11/09/1917, AGED 20. HE WAS KILLED BY A TRENCH MORTAR, WHILE WORKING WITH A CARRYING PARTY, IN THE TRENCHES. HE HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR A COMMISSION AND WAS AWAITING HIS PAPERS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/09/1917.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER ANNIE. LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HE IS BURIED AT HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP”
