BORN HORNSEA, 1892. SON OF JAMES & SARAH TEESDALE, OF 17 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A TAILOR. RESIDED IN BEVERLEY. HE MARRIED FLORENCE E. SUMPNER, AT BEVERLEY IN 1916. HIS WIFE LIVED AT 6 CARLTON VILLAS, GROVEHILL ROAD, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. SERVED IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 26. HE IS BURIED AT BLEUET FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HIS KING AND COUNTRY CALLED HIM HIS SACRIFICE WAS GREAT – LOVING WIFE”
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, 6107, ALBERT TEESDALE, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS ON 09/09/1914, AGED 30.
First name:
SAMUEL (SAM)
Regiment:
Military Number:
20199
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Bleuet Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
