BORN HULL 07/09/1896.SON OF MR EDWARD R. & MRS EDITH ANN SANDSERSON, OF 68 DUKE STREET, CRESSWELL, DERBY (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. A PIT PONY DRIVER, IN MANSFIELD. HE ENLISTED 01/12/1914. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRAINED AT CHATHAM, KENT. HE SERVED IN MESOPOTANIA, WHERE HE WAS HOSPITALISED WITH DYSENTERY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/12/1916. PROMOTED CORPORAL, ON 20/04/1916, AND LANCE SERGEANT, ON 10/03/1917. HE WAS KILLED IN FRANCE, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 21. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
First name:
WILLIAM EDWARD
Military Number:
CH/19479
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
28/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
