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Surname: SANDERSON
Forename(s): George Mellor
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire
Service No: 12820
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Coy 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1916-03-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 20.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CROSSHILLS, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KILDWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Mellor Sanderson was the son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Sanderson, née Morris. Thomas was born at Waterloo, Great Crosby, Lancashire and Sarah at Winsford, Cheshire.
1891 Liverpool, Lancashire Census: 96, Medlock Street, Kirkdale - George M. Sanderson, aged 1 year, born Liverpool, son of Thomas and Sarah A. Sanderson.
1901 Liverpool, Lancashire Census: 2 & 4, Great Richmond Street - George Sanderson, aged 11 years, born Liverpool. [George and his elder sister Emma were living with their step-grandfather, John Lyon.]
1911 Glusburn, Yorkshire Census: 15, Croft Head Terrace - George Sanderson, aged 21 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire, son of Sarah Ann Sanderson, widow.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt George M. Sanderson, 12820, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 15 July 1915.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SANDERSON, Sergeant George, aged 26, West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Sanderson, Croft Head Terrace, Glusburn, killed in action in France, March 1916.
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Sergeant George Mellor SANDERSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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