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).
| Name | Alexander Sandilands |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Sculcotes, Yorks |
| Death Date | 9 Jun 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorks |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | South Wales Borderers |
| Battalion | 12th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 45160 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 11/590, East Yorks Regt |
