BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THOMAS ALBERT SANDERSON & ROSA TOPLISS, OF 184 PERTH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 6 SHERBROOKE STREET, LINCOLN. SON OF A MARINE FITTER. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHERS ASSISTANT. HE LIVED & ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/03/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1774, 4TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/06/1916, AGED 19.
HE IS BURIED AT FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE”.
First name:
THOMAS EDWARD
Military Number:
1774
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/06/1916
Place died:
Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
